School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Westlain House, Village Way, Brighton, UK.
Fam Pract. 2020 Sep 5;37(4):445-452. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmaa013.
Pain affects a person's physical and psychological well-being, work performance and productivity. Working population bear their pain and continue to work which may contribute to the worsening of their pain condition. However, their pain situation was not well-examined.
The aim of the study was to explore the prevalence of acute and chronic pain in the working population in Hong Kong, understand their pain management strategies and determine their preferences with regard to the use of electronic pain management materials.
This was an exploratory online survey. The participants' pain history, their preferences in methods of pain management, the source of the pain management education that they had received, sources and preferences in relation to the use of the Internet for pain education, and the participants' demographic characteristics were collected.
A total of 210 participants joined the study, 67% of whom were experiencing pain. Of the group in pain, 71.6% were in chronic pain that has persisted for 3 months or more. Pain intensities ranged from 2.82 to 3.82 on a 10-point numeric scale. Of the participants, 85.7% reported not receiving adequate pain management education, and 91.4% of those agreed pain services were inadequate. Websites and health care professionals were the sources from which they obtained their pain management education.
The high prevalence of pain in the working population requires special attention. Health care professionals should be proactive and an online pain management programme can be a solution to address the critical problem of pain in the working population.
疼痛会影响一个人的身心健康、工作表现和生产力。在职人群忍受着疼痛继续工作，这可能导致他们的疼痛状况恶化。然而，他们的疼痛情况并未得到充分检查。
本研究旨在探讨香港在职人群中急性和慢性疼痛的患病率，了解他们的疼痛管理策略，并确定他们对使用电子疼痛管理材料的偏好。
这是一项探索性的在线调查。收集了参与者的疼痛史、他们对疼痛管理方法的偏好、他们接受的疼痛管理教育来源、他们对互联网上疼痛教育的来源和偏好，以及参与者的人口统计学特征。
共有 210 名参与者参加了研究，其中 67%的人正在经历疼痛。在有疼痛的人群中，71.6%的人患有持续 3 个月或以上的慢性疼痛。疼痛强度在 10 分制数字量表上的范围为 2.82 到 3.82。参与者中有 85.7%表示未接受足够的疼痛管理教育，其中 91.4%的人认为疼痛服务不足。他们从网站和医疗保健专业人员那里获得疼痛管理教育。
在职人群中疼痛的高患病率需要特别关注。医疗保健专业人员应该积极主动，在线疼痛管理方案可以是解决在职人群疼痛问题的一个关键方案。
