%0 Journal Article
%T Preval¨ºncia de dor cr£¿nica em uma Unidade B¨¢sica de Sa¨²de de cidade de m¨¦dio porte
%A Ruviaro
%A Luiz Fernando
%A Filippin
%A Lidiane Isabel
%J Revista Dor
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1806-00132012000200006
%X background and objectives: pain is a multifactorial phenomenon and one of the most frequent symptoms reported during medical visits. this study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of chronic pain among users of a basic health unit (bhu) of the city of santa maria, rs. method: this is a transversal study evaluating individuals of both genders, above 18 years of age, who were in the waiting room of bhu. identification data, generic quality of life questionnaire (sf-12), functional capacity scale for chronic pain patients and visual analog scale (vas) were applied. results: from all respondents, 37.8% had chronic pain, mean age was 46.3 ¡À 16.4 years with predominance of females (87%). chronic pain intensity evaluated by vas was 7.38 ¡À 2.16. conclusion: in spite of the small sample size of this study, it is important to develop preventive strategies aiming at well-being and quality of life of chronic pain patients.
%K chronic pain
%K primary health attention
%K quality of life.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1806-00132012000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en