Chronic pain management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Can telemedicine replace in-person consultation? A prospective clinical study.

Interv Pain Med · 2023 · PMC10199647 · PMID 39233716

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Patients who completed their telemedicine visits and then withdrew their consent for the subsequent clinic/research visit were similar in their demographics and psychosocial patterns, with only a slight trend for a lower pain intensity (NRS) of those who elected not to pursue a subsequent clinic visit (31.2 vs 20.2 p=0.07).

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Patients who withdrew due to technical issues were slightly older with a mean age of 58 (35–73) versus 53 (24–74) for those who completed the telemedicine visit; however, the difference did not reach statistical significance.

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