naa a22 4500 510741886 CHVBK 20180411083031.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11482-012-9177-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11482-012-9177-7 Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Pain- A Study in Indian Population Using European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer(EORTC) Questionnaire [Elektronische Daten] [Arfat Waheed, Shakura Bhat, Abdul Hameed, Velayat Nabi] Quality of life in chronic pain Health-related quality of life was compared in patients of chronic pain with that of general population.We designed this study as a prospective, observational trial in a tertiary care centre. Quality of life was measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30). The EORTC QLQ-C30 is a valid alternative to the SF-36 in the assessment of QOL in patients with chronic pain especially when a broader assessment of symptoms is desired. All participants completed a set of questionnaires on demographic variables, cause, pain intensity (VAS) and quality of life (EORTC qlq c30). A total of two hundred participants were enrolled including 100 patients with chronic pain. Chronic pain was defined as one which is persisting beyond 3months. The study revealed significantly decreased quality of life in patients with chronic pain as compared to general population (p < 0.001). Patients with chronic pain had significantly decreased score in Physical functioning, Role functioning, emotional and social functioning on functional scales and increased scores of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and financial difficulties on symptom scales. The study revealed sex-related differences on the QoL with females having a lower global QOL. It is thus concluded that patients with chronic pain especially females have decreased quality of life as compared to general population Springer Science+Business Media B.V./The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2012 Chronic pain nationallicence EORTC nationallicence Quality of life (QoL) nationallicence Waheed Arfat Department of Anesthesiology, SKIMS, F-10 B Block Married Doctors Hostel Skims Soura, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut Bhat Shakura Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lalla Ded Hospital, Government Medical College, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut Hameed Abdul Department of Anesthesiology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut Nabi Velayat Department of Anesthesiology Skims Soura, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/1(2013-03-01), 77-86 1871-2584 8:1<77 2013 8 11482 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9177-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-012-9177-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Waheed Arfat Department of Anesthesiology, SKIMS, F-10 B Block Married Doctors Hostel Skims Soura, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bhat Shakura Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lalla Ded Hospital, Government Medical College, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hameed Abdul Department of Anesthesiology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nabi Velayat Department of Anesthesiology Skims Soura, 190011, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Research in Quality of Life Springer Netherlands 8/1(2013-03-01), 77-86 1871-2584 8:1<77 2013 8 11482 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer