Table 2. Top 10 chronic pain conditions/chronic conditions associated with chronic pain respectively in a population of inpatients at a department of internal medicine in a tertiary care hospital (n = 433 hospitalizations).
Most frequent chronic pain diagnoses | Prevalence in % |
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Chronic back pain | 38.8 |
Osteoarthrosis (joint disorders) | 17.6 |
Cancer | 16.6 |
Rheumatoid/seropositive arthritis | 8.1 |
Musculoskeletal diseases, othera | 6.9 |
Cholecystitis/cholelithiasis | 6 |
Osteoporosis | 5.3 |
Chronic enteritis/ulcerative colitis | 4.8 |
Gout | 4.2 |
Neurological diseases | 3.9 |
a This diagnosis includes specific arthropathies, e.g., crystal- related arthropathies.