Impact of a Persistent Pelvic Pain Clinic: Emergency attendances following multidisciplinary management of persistent pelvic pain.
Rachel WilkinsonMichael Wynn-WilliamsAlbert JungJayne BerrymanErin WilsonPublished in: The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology (2021)
Persistent pelvic pain (PPP) is an important cause of psychological distress and productivity loss in women. In 2017, a multidisciplinary clinic was established to care for Queensland women with PPP. By analysing clinic and emergency department data, we found 19% fewer patients required any presentation to the emergency department for exacerbations of pelvic pain (P = 0.003) within 12 months of clinic attendance. There was also a reduction in number of presentations, short stay admissions and daily opiate use in regular users. The Persistent Pelvic Pain Clinic (PPPC) made a difference to these women and reduced resource burden on a busy emergency department.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- chronic pain
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- quality improvement
- spinal cord injury
- pregnant women
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- big data
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- skeletal muscle
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