Table 5.
Pain and prescription of analgesics, antidepressiva and anxiolytica/hypnosedativa at baseline in a sample (n = 350)a of Dutch nursing home patients.
| No pain n = 93 | Mild pain symptoms n = 121 | Serious pain symptoms n = 76 | |
| Analgesic monotherapy | 25 (26.9%) | 53 (43.8%) | 33 (43.4%) |
| Paracetamolb | 14 (15.1%) | 31 (25.6%) | 13 (17.1%) |
| NSAIDs | 7 (7.5%) | 20 (16.5%) | 11 (14.5%) |
| Opioids | 4 (4.3%) | 2 (1.7%) | 8 (10.5%) |
| Other analgesics | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.3%) |
| Analgesic combination therapy | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (12.1%) | 12 (15.8%) |
| Paracetamol and NSAIDs | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (4.1%) | 4 (5.3%) |
| Paracetamol and opioids | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (4.1%) | 5 (6.6%) |
| Paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (2.6%) |
| Opioids and opioids | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.3%) |
| Analgesic prn c | 6 (6.5%) | 11 (9.1%) | 8 (10.5%) |
| No analgesic | 62 (66.7%) | 47 (38.8%) | 23 (30.3%) |
| Antidepressiva | 20 (21.5%) | 30 (24.8%) | 26 (34.2%) |
| Anxiolytica/hypnosedativa | 34 (36.6%) | 66 (54.5%) | 37 (48.7%) |
a Complete pain data and prescription data at baseline were available of 290 patients.
b Paracetamol = acetaminophen
c Prescription as needed: did not occur with standard prescription of analgesics in this sample.