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- Title
Inequity in outcomes from New Zealand chronic pain services.
- Authors
G. N., Lewis
- Abstract
An analysis of 4876 patients who received treatment for chronic pain in New Zealand between 2014 and 2019 has highlighted ethnic disparities in outcomes. Clinical questionnaires used for patient assessment included the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 items (DASS-21), the Pain Catastrophising Scale (PCS); and the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ). At treatment end, Pasifika patients had significantly poorer scores compared with Europeans on several DASS-21 and PCS subscales, while there were no differences between European, Māori and Asian ethnicities. At 3-to 6-month follow-up, Māori patients had poorer scores on almost all outcome measures compared with European patients, while Asian and Pasifika patients had poorer scores on several of the DASS-21 and PCS subscales. The authors suggest that the cultural safety of chronic pain clinics should be reviewed regarding both assessment and management procedures.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; CHRONIC pain; CHRONIC pain treatment; BRIEF Pain Inventory; PAIN clinics
- Publication
Maori Health Research Review, 2021, Issue 92, p3
- ISSN
1178-6191
- Publication type
Article