Table 1.
Initial Visit and Diagnosis Process.
| Initial Visit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Process Leading to the Initial Visit (%) | ||
| Patients referred to the centre by other healthcare professionals | 48% | |
| Patients coming directly to the centre without any referral | 52% | |
| Has a diagnosis of chronic neuropathic pain been reached at the time of initial visit? (%) | ||
| Yes | 25% | |
| No | 75% | |
| What is the average time between pain initiation and initial visit to the center? (months) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 9.8 (6.5) | |
| Diagnostic Process | ||
| How complex is diagnosis, given other comorbidities? (%) | ||
| Scale from 1 (not complicated at all) to 7 (very complicated) | ||
| 1 | 5% | |
| 2 | 14% | |
| 3 | 5% | |
| 4 | 32% | |
| 5 | 36% | |
| 6 | 5% | |
| 7 | 5% | |
| Do you believe that the diagnosis could have been reached earlier, if the patient had visited the center earlier? (%) | ||
| Scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (absolutely yes) | ||
| 1 | 0% | |
| 2 | 0% | |
| 3 | 0% | |
| 4 | 5% | |
| 5 | 0% | |
| 6 | 23% | |
| 7 | 73% | |
| What is the average time of diagnosis delay? (months) | ||
| Mean (SD) | 8.5 (7.1) | |
SD: standard deviation.