Chronic Pain in South African Adults: A Scoping Review

Domain:

healthcare

Record type:

paper

Creator:

McD

Editor:

Cen

Publisher:

OSF

Host:

In this scoping review, we aim to assess the state of knowledge of chronic pain in South Africa and map the existing research in terms of studies describing: • Chronic pain, its characteristics, and its prevalence • Disability and burden (including financial) related to chronic pain • Co-morbidities to chronic pain in South African populations • Chronic pain patient care-seeking behaviour and barriers to care • Chronic pain treatments received and patient satisfaction with treatment

Visit

doi.org osf.io

Licenses

Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Acute Pain in the African Prehospital Setting: A Scoping Review

Background . Acute pain is a common reason for seeking prehospital emergency care. Regrettably, acut

Almost 1 in 5 South African adults have chronic pain: a prevalence study conducted in a large nationally representative sample

Abstract Limited information on the prevalence and risk factors for chronic pain is avai

Chronic Kidney Disease in Cameroon: A scoping review

Abstract Objectives This scoping review sought to summarize available data on the preval

The landscape of paediatric pain in sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review

A collation and review of the existing research on paediatric pain in sub-Saharan Africa is necessar

Predictors of Cold and Pressure Pain Tolerance in Healthy South African Adults

Abstract Background Studies on relationship