Background. The aim of this report was to evaluate the clinical profile and previous management of patients with uncontrolled\nneuropathic pain who were referred to pain clinics. Methods.We included adult patients with uncontrolled pain who had a score of\n?4 in theDN4 questionnaire. In addition to sociodemographic and clinical data, we evaluated pain levels using a visual analog scale\nas well as anxiety, depression, sleep, disability, and treatment satisfaction employing validated tools. Results. A total of 755 patients\nwere included in the study.The patients were predominantly referred to pain clinics by traumatologists (34.3%) and primary care\nphysicians (16.7%).Themost common diagnoses were radiculopathy (43%) and pain of oncological origin (14.3%).Themajor cause\nfor uncontrolled pain was suboptimal treatment (88%). Fifty-three percent of the patients were depressed, 43% had clinical anxiety,\n50% rated their overall health as bad or very bad, and 45% noted that their disease was severely or extremely interfering with\ntheir daily activities. Conclusions. Our results showed that uncontrolled neuropathic pain is a common phenomenon among the\nspecialties that address these clinical entities and, regardless of its etiology, uncontrolled pain is associated with a dramatic impact\non patient well-being.
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