Table 2.
Schedule of procedures by patient visit
| Visit | Screening |
Baseline 1 day pre-diagnostic block |
Visit 1 Diagnostic block |
Visit 2 Post-diagnostic block control 15 days after visit 1 |
Visit 3 RF procedure/control |
Visit 4 2 weeks post RF |
Visit 5 4 weeks post RF |
Visit 6 12 weeks post RF |
Final visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion criteria | X | ||||||||
| Informed consent | X | ||||||||
| Sociodemographic data | X | ||||||||
| Concomitant medications | X | ||||||||
| Analgesic treatment | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Pain evaluation | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| WOMAC questionnaire | X | X | X | ||||||
| HADS questionnaire | X | ||||||||
| DN4 questionnaire | X | ||||||||
| PCS questionnaire | X | ||||||||
| Satisfaction questionnaire | X | ||||||||
| Drawing of pain quadrants | X | ||||||||
| RF technique | X | ||||||||
| AE registry | X | X | X | X | X | X |
AE adverse event, HDSA Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, RF radiofrequency, WOMAC Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index