Oderda Gary M
College of Pharmacy and Pain Research Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, USA.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2002;16(3):83-9. doi: 10.1080/j354v16n03_10.
This paper introduces a new series in the Journal that will address Outcomes Research and Pharmacoeconomics in Pain & Palliative Care. The goal of the series is to provide an overview of the field of outcomes research that will be geared to clinicians, and to review the outcomes literature in the area of Pain and Palliative Care. This paper defines the common types of outcomes research that are relevant to pain and symptom control. There are a lot of misconceptions about the field including some who look at outcomes research as not really science and not adding to our knowledge about drugs and drug use. To the contrary, outcomes research is a powerful tool, but like many others it has limitations and it is important to understand both what outcomes research is, and what it isn't.
本文介绍了该期刊的一个新系列，该系列将探讨疼痛与姑息治疗中的结果研究和药物经济学。该系列的目标是为临床医生提供一个适合他们的结果研究领域概述，并回顾疼痛与姑息治疗领域的结果文献。本文定义了与疼痛和症状控制相关的常见结果研究类型。关于这个领域存在很多误解，包括一些人认为结果研究不是真正的科学，也不会增加我们对药物和药物使用的了解。相反，结果研究是一个强大的工具，但与许多其他工具一样，它也有局限性，重要的是要明白结果研究是什么，以及它不是什么。
