University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Pain Res Manag. 2011 Nov-Dec;16(6):416-20. doi: 10.1155/2011/513423.
Despite many recent advances in the past 40 years in the understanding of pain mechanisms, and in pain diagnosis and management, considerable gaps in knowledge remain, with chronic pain present in epidemic proportions in most countries. It is often unrelieved and is associated with significant socioeconomic burdens. Several opportunities and approaches to address this crisis are identified in the present article. Most crucial is the need to increase pain awareness, enhance pain education, improve access to pain care and increase pain research resources. Given the variability among countries in health care policies and programs, resources and educational programs, many of the approaches and strategies outlined will need to be tailored to each country's socioeconomic and educational situation.
尽管在过去的 40 年中，人们对疼痛机制的理解、疼痛诊断和管理方面取得了许多进展，但仍存在相当大的知识差距，大多数国家都存在慢性疼痛的流行。这种疼痛往往无法缓解，并与重大的社会经济负担有关。本文确定了几种应对这一危机的机会和方法。最重要的是需要提高对疼痛的认识，加强疼痛教育，改善疼痛护理的可及性，并增加疼痛研究资源。鉴于各国在医疗保健政策、资源和教育计划方面存在差异，因此需要根据每个国家的社会经济和教育情况调整所概述的许多方法和策略。
