Health-economic Evaulation of Interventional Pain Mangement
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Diagnostic nerve-blocks performed under direct x-ray visionOther: Radio-frequency dennervation of facet joint
- Registration Number
- NCT01835704
- Lead Sponsor
- Eques Indolor AB
- Brief Summary
To establish the cost per QALY (Quality Adjusted life Years) gained all patients that are referred to a specialized interventional pain clinic are assessed by Euroqol EQ-5D to measure the health-related quality of life at the first visit and then during the following year. Quality of life is calculated from EQ-5D by using hte TTO-validated UK-value set. With this and calculations of the cost we will be able to calculate the cost per QALY-gained which makes it possible to compare interventional pain managment to other treatments for pain patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1540
- All patients
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Chronic pain of other origin Diagnostic nerve-blocks performed under direct x-ray vision Patients with pain that can not be localized to facet joints. Chronic pain associated to facet-joints Radio-frequency dennervation of facet joint Patients where the pain can be localized to the facet joints.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality Adjusted Life gained 1 year QALY is calculated from the EQ-5D value using the TTO-validated UK value set accoring to ordinary health-economic evaluations.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost per QALY gained 1 year The cost per QALY gained is calculated according to normal health-economic evaluation models.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Smärtkliniken i Umeå
🇸🇪Umeå, Sweden