Outcome of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in chronic pain: short-term results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Publication year
2006Source
Journal of Headache and Pain, 7, 4, (2006), pp. 196-205ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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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
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 disordersAbstract
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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