Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVES: To describe the consequences of pain during PDT by describing the use of pain-reducing interventions in routine use. We studied the frequency as well as level of pain-reducing intervention. METHODS: Descriptive data from PDT treated patients. The level of pain-reducing intervention was graded 0, no intervention; +, cold water spray and ++, pause or nerve block. RESULTS: Data from 983 PDT treatments on 579 lesions distributed on 301 patients: 56% did not require pain-reducing intervention, 35% required spraying of cold water, while 9% required pause or nerve block. Ordinate logistic regression revealed an association between lesion size and pain-reducing intervention: the larger the lesion, the more frequent the intervention. Lesion size did not, however, appear associated with the level of intervention. Intervention was most frequently required when treating the scalp/forehead and the extremities. The scalp/forehead also required the highest level of intervention. No significant association between pain-reducing intervention and diagnosis, pre-treatment, gender or age was found. CONCLUSIONS:
Pain-reducing intervention was required in 44% of the PDT treatments. Intervention was particularly required when treating lesions in areas suited for PDT therapy for cosmetic reasons such as the scalp/forehead or extremities. Treatment of large areas more frequently calls for pain intervention than treatment of small areas.
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Authors | I M Miller, J S Nielsen, S Lophaven, G B E Jemec |
Journal | Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
(J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol)
Vol. 25
Issue 11
Pg. 1275-81
(Nov 2011)
ISSN: 1468-3083 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 21241372
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2011 The Authors. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology © 2011 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. |
Topics |
- Humans
- Pain
(etiology)
- Photochemotherapy
(adverse effects)
- Retrospective Studies
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