Evidence-based treatment of chronic pain

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 52, No. 10, December 2010, Page 515 WorkSafeBC
By: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, Craig Martin, MD, Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME

The WorkSafeBC Evidence-Based Practice Group (EBPG) conducted a review of systematic reviews investigating the efficacy of treatments for chronic noncancer pain. The systematic literature search of medical databases, including Coch­rane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Library’s Health Technology Assessment Database, BIOSIS, Embase, and Medline, was done in April 2010. 

The extended summary of the chron­­­ic pain report can be viewed at www.worksafebc.com/health_care_providers/Assets/PDF/poster-presentations/ChronicPainTreatmentsEvidence.pdf. 

No limitation was employed in this search. The results are summarized below. (View larger table here.)

—Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, MHSc, MSc; Craig Martin, MD, MHSc; Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP
WorkSafeBC Evidence-Based Practice Group

This article has not been peer reviewed.

 

References

Available on request by e-mailing kukuh.noertjojo@worksafebc.com or calling 604 232-5883. An extended summary of this review is accessible from the Evidence-based Medicine page on WorkSafeBC.com (www.worksafebc.com/evidence.)

Kukuh Noertjojo, MD,, Craig Martin, MD,, Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME. Evidence-based treatment of chronic pain. BCMJ, Vol. 52, No. 10, December, 2010, Page(s) 515 - WorkSafeBC.


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