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OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to evaluate whether patient education level interferes in the percentage of pain relief or increase using visual analogue scale (VAS) and subjective pain perception. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ninety-five patients presenting acute shoulder pain due to enthesitis were evaluated. They were asked to quantify the pain using VAS before steroid articular infiltration. One week later, patients reevaluated the pain using VAS and orally stated the percentage of perceived pain increase or relief. The information gathered was then compared among three patient educational levels (elementary, high school, and university). RESULTS: Percentages of improvement stated orally and utilizing VAS presented no statistically significant differences among the three educational status levels (p = 0.804). CONCLUSION: Patient educational status caused no impact in the results of acute pain self-assessment with VAS and oral evaluation.
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Dolor Agudo/diagnóstico , Autoevaluación Diagnóstica , Dolor de Hombro/diagnóstico , Dolor Agudo/prevención & control , Adulto , Anciano , Escolaridad , Femenino , Humanos , Inyecciones Intraarticulares , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Dimensión del Dolor , Reinserción al Trabajo , Distribución por Sexo , Dolor de Hombro/prevención & control , Esteroides/administración & dosificaciónRESUMEN
O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar retrospectiva e comparativamente os resultados clínico- funcionais e taxas de falha por complicações na articulação femoropatelar, entre grupos de pacientes com e sem substituição do componente patelar na artroplastia total primária do joelho