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Title: Outcome of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in chronic pain: short-term results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Author(s): Oosterhof, J. ; Boo, T.M. de ; Oostendorp, R.A.B. ; Wilder-Smith, O.H.G. ; Crul, B.J.P.
Publication year: 2006
Source: Journal of Headache and Pain, vol. 7, iss. 4, (2006), pp. 196-205
ISSN: 1129-2369
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: DCN 1: Perception and Action
EBP 2: Effective Hospital Care
EBP 4: Quality of Care
NCEBP 6:Quality of nursing and allied health care
NCEBP 7: Effective primary care and public health
UMCN 1.5: Interventional oncology
UMCN 3.3: Neurosensory disorders
EBP 2: Effective Hospital Care
Organization: Anesthesiology
Health Evidence
IQ Healthcare
Former Organization: Epidemiology, Biostatistics & HTA
Centre for Quality of Care Research
Journal title:
Journal of Headache and Pain
Volume: vol. 7
Issue: iss. 4
Page start: p. 196
Page end: p. 205
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of shortterm transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) treatment in chronic pain with respect to pain intensity and patients' satisfaction with treatment results. We therefore performed a randomised controlled trial comparing TENS and sham TENS. Patients, researchers and therapists were blinded for treatment allocation. One hundred and sixty-three patients with chronic pain referred to the Pain Centre entered the study. Conventional TENS and sham TENS were applied in the segments of pain, for a period of ten days. Outcome measures were pain intensity (visual analogue scale) and patients' satisfaction with treatment result (yes or no). The proportions of patients satisfied with treatment result differed significantly for TENS compared to sham TENS (58 and 42.7% respectively, chi(2)=3.8, p=0.05). However, no differences in pain intensity were found for patients treated with TENS or sham TENS. Only for patients satisfied with treatment results pain intensity gradually decrease equally both for TENS and sham TENS with repeated treatment application.

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