了解患者正在寻求医用大麻认证的骨科疾病
Juliet Chung1,2, Yusuf Mahmoud2, Sina Ramtin2
1Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Cureus
|February 26, 2024
概括
医用大麻 (MC) 是女性寻求的比男性慢性疼痛,主要是脊椎疾病,如腰部疼痛. 寻求MC的患者报告身体和心理健康生活质量较差.
科学领域:
- 整形外科手术 整形外科手术
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 医学大麻研究 医学大麻研究
背景情况:
- 美国的阿片类药物滥用危机需要替代疼痛管理策略.
- 医用大麻 (MC) 正在被探索为慢性疼痛的潜在治疗方法.
- 了解患者人口统计和MC认证的条件至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定患者寻求医用大麻认证的骨科疾病.
- 分析患者的人口统计和疼痛部位.
- 评估接受MC认证的患者的生活质量结果.
主要方法:
- 在医用大麻系进行前性研究.
- 包括连续患有慢性非癌症肌肉骨疼痛的患者寻求MC认证.
- 收集人口统计数据,诊断,疼痛部位和PROMIS全球健康评分.
主要成果:
- 分析了78名患者;64%是女性,平均年龄63,92%是白人.
- 最常见的情况:腰部疼痛 (56%),部疼痛 (21%),四肢抱怨.
- 与一般人群相比,全球身体健康 (GPH) 和全球心理健康 (GMH) 的QoL T得分明显较低.
结论:
- 医用大麻认证更常被女性用于脊椎疾病,特别是腰部疼痛.
- 寻求MC认证的患者表现出与身体和精神健康有关的生活质量降低.
- 这凸显了在这个人群中对有效的疼痛管理干预措施的重大需求.
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