Chronic pain may cause psychological or behavioral problems. Chronic pain patients occasionally harass the pain care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major stress for the general population. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. Evaluation of incidents of clinic staff harassment; caused by patients, before and during COVID pandemic. Analysis of causative factors, incident outcome and lessons learned.
Chronic pain may be complicated by mental disease. Some patients have behavioral disorders and occasionally harass the pain care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant stress for the general population. The stress of the pandemic may aggravate the psychological dysfunction in chronic pain patients. This is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of prospective electronic and clinic diary data. It is an evaluation of incidents of pain clinic staff harassment; caused by patients, before and during the COVID pandemic. This is an analysis of incident causative factors, incident outcomes, systemic factors and lessons learned. The qualitative information of each incident is presented in a sensitive and careful format.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,000
Behavioral therapy and psychotherapy
Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
RECRUITINGPercentage of patients who harassed clinic staff
Percentage of patients who harassed clinic staff
Time frame: 12 months
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