AN EVALUATION OF THE PROPORTION OF PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING CHRONIC PAIN IN FRENCH-SPEAKING BELGIUM

Background and aimsu2029Chronic pain is a highly prevalent and complex medical condition, which seriously and often irreversibly affects patientu2019s quality of life. Several risk factors for pain chronification are known and stratified approaches to secondary prevention (i.e. avoid the transition from acute to chronic pain) have been developed. However, in order to determine the resources needed for their implementation, we need to evaluate the number of patients at low, moderate or high risk of developing chronic pain.u2029MethodsData were collected by 292 medical students, during their one... Mehr ...