What does the Patient with Back Pain Want? A Comparison of Patient Preferences and Physician Assumptions

CONCLUSION: Patients did not place as much importance on diagnostic tests, medications and surgery as the physicians assumed. Physicians understand that back pain patients want improvement in both pain and function, but they underestimate the importance of an explanation for the pain.PMID:34551322 | DOI:10.1016/j.spinee.2021.09.007

Source: Pain Physician - September 22, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Matthew Smuck Kevin Barrette Agnes Martinez-Ith Geoffrey Sultana Patricia Zheng Source Type: research