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Chronic pain in land mine accident survivors in Cambodia and Kurdistan

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  • Husum, Hans
  • Resell, Kirsten
  • Vorren, Gyri
  • Heng, Yang Van
  • Murad, Mudhafar
  • Gilbert, Mads
  • Wisborg, Torben

Abstract

The aims of the study were to study chronic pain in land mine accident survivors, and to study the impact of trauma and trauma care parameters on chronic pain. The level of chronic pain was registered (patient-rated and by clinical examination) in 57 severely injured adult land mine accident survivors in Cambodia and Northern Iraq more than one year after the accident. As all study patients had been managed by a standardized trauma system, we could assess the impact of injury severity and primary trauma care on chronic pain. 64% of the study patients (n=36) had chronic pain syndromes (non-significant difference between the two countries). 68% of the amputees (19 out of 28) had phantom limb pain. Pre-injury trauma exposure, the severity of the actual trauma, and the quality of trauma care had no impact on end point chronic pain. In 85% of cases (n=48), the economic standing of the patients' family had deteriorated after the accident. Patient-rated loss of income correlated with the rate of chronic pain syndromes.

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  • Husum, Hans & Resell, Kirsten & Vorren, Gyri & Heng, Yang Van & Murad, Mudhafar & Gilbert, Mads & Wisborg, Torben, 2002. "Chronic pain in land mine accident survivors in Cambodia and Kurdistan," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 55(10), pages 1813-1816, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:55:y:2002:i:10:p:1813-1816
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