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Pain Management 2018
Internal Medicine 2018 International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X Page 32
March 26-28, 2018
Vienna, Austria
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Pain Management
Volume 4
Pain affects human in physical and psychological aspects, as
well as the work performance and absence from work. With
the busy working schedules, the working population might not
be able to seekmedical advice and or attend clinics inmanaging
their pain. Acute pain refers to pain persisted less than three
months and chronic pain exists more than three months. Acute
pain can progress to chronic pain if left untreated. Chronic
pain brought long-term disabilities and negative emotions.
Starting pain management at early stage is essential. An
online survey was done to examine the pain situation and
preference of pain education among working population in
Hong Kong. It was hoisted on Google Forms from 1st to 31st
August 2016. Adults aged 15 or above, performed a formal job
or worked for pay or profits during the seven days before the
survey were recruited. There were 210 participants in the study
(148 females and 62 males). Their mean age was 38.02. 141
participants (67.1%) suffered pain, 40 had acute pain and 101
had chronic pain. In terms of pain intensity, the pain scores for
participants with acute pain was 2.46±2.35 while those with
chronic pain was 3.01±1.62 on a 0-10 point scale. Chronic
pain sufferers experienced longer pain duration (4.48 hours
per attack) than acute pain sufferers (1.95 hours per attack).
Although both groups took analgesics, chronic pain sufferers
did not perceive the analgesics more effective than the acute
pain sufferers. Regarding mood and quality of life, chronic pain
sufferers experienced a higher level of depressed mood and
declined quality of life. Over 80% of all participants chose to
continue working even when they were in pain. Concerning
pain management education, participants preferred to get pain
information on webpage (63.3%). Both groups agreed that
they did not receive adequate pain education with insufficient
public pain service in Hong Kong. The survey revealed that the
working population in Hong Kong are in need of pain service
as evidenced by their pain profile. Online pain management
education programme offered by healthcare professionals
could be a good option to ease the problem..
Biography
Miss Tang Shuk Kwan is a PhD student and student member of Centre for
Gerontological Nursing in the School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytech-
nic University. Her research interest is on pain management in working pop-
ulation and older adults, aromatherapy and use of information technology
in health promotion. She published a study using aromatherapy to reduce
chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults.
Examine acute and chronic pain situations
in Hong Kong working populations
Tang Shuk Kwan1, Tse Mun Yee Mimi1, Leung Sau Fong 1 and Theofanis Fotis2
1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
2The University of Brighton, UK
Tang Shuk Kwan et al., Int J Anesth Pain Med 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-002