Impact of Chronic Pain on Primary Care Across Europe

ABSTRACT

The results of a survey conducted by the pan-European Opioids and Pain European Network of Minds (OPENMinds) Primary Care Group (OMPC) on pain assessment, opioid therapy, and educational needs are presented.

This report is adapted from paineurope 2013; Issue 4, ©Haymarket Medical Publications Ltd., and is presented with permission. paineurope is provided as a service to pain management by Mundipharma International, Ltd., and is distributed free of charge to health care professionals in Europe. Archival issues can be accessed via the Web site: http://www.paineurope.com, at which European health professionals can register online to receive copies of the quarterly publication.

KEYWORDS :

• assessment
• chronic
• education
• Europe
• OPENMinds
• pain
• primary care
• therapy