Pain incidence, assessment, and management in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study of 12,136 respondents

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Table 1 Survey site

Serial no.	Province name	Respondents
		Number	Gender
			Male	Female
01	Bac Giang	343	169	174
02	Bac Kan	137	79	58
03	Bac Lieu	77	39	38
04	Bac Ninh	58	26	32
05	Binh Dinh	312	142	170
06	BinhThuan	22	12	10
07	Ben Tre	334	175	159
08	Ca Mau	63	29	34
09	Can Tho	106	33	73
10	Cao Bang	24	10	14
11	Dac Lak	73	34	39
12	Dien Bien	55	18	37
13	Dong Nai	507	265	242
14	Dong Thap	51	25	26
15	Gia Lai	1,012	508	504
16	Ha Nam	15	9	6
17	Ha Noi	1,038	500	538
18	Ha Tinh	24	12	12
19	Hai Duong	59	26	33
20	Hai Phong	291	164	127
21	Hau Giang	59	31	28
22	HCM City	1,224	800	424
23	Hoa Binh	27	15	12
24	Hung Yen	7	4	3
25	Khanh Hoa	200	102	98
26	Kien Giang	55	29	26
27	Lam Dong	133	61	72
28	Lang Son	356	105	251
29	Lao Cai	82	32	50
30	Long An	134	60	74
31	Nam Dinh	583	262	321
32	Nghe An	397	223	174
33	Ninh Binh	411	213	198
34	PhuTho	543	290	253
35	Quang Binh	63	26	37
36	Quang Ninh	72	25	47
37	Quang Tri	229	72	157
38	Soc Trang	77	36	41
39	Son La	87	39	48
40	Thai Binh	186	104	82
41	Thai Nguyen	197	93	104
42	Thanh Hoa	133	61	72
43	Thua Thien Hue	795	387	408
44	Tien Giang	930	493	437
45	Tuyen Quang	22	9	13
46	Vinh Long	74	36	38
47	Vinh Phuc	282	156	126
48	Yen Bai	177	108	69

Notes: Total, 12,136 (male =6,147 [50.65%] and female =5,989 [49.35%]).

Table 2 Age of respondents

Age (years)	Number	Percentage
10–19	1,711	16.29
20–29	2,979	28.37
30–39	1,721	16.39
40–49	1,692	16.11
50–59	982	9.35
60–69	665	6.33
70–79	401	3.82
80–89	267	2.54
>90	83	0.65

Table 3 Duration of pain

Duration of pain (months)	In-depth interview (N=10,501)				Screening (%), (N=12,136)			Type of pain
	Number of patients	Percentage
<3	2.925	27.85			24.10			Acute
3–5	2.299	21.89		72.15	18.94		62.43	Chronic
6–12	2.030	19.33			16.73
13–24	1.473	14.03	30.92		12.14	26.76
>24	1.774	16.89			14.62

Table 4 Body locations of pain

Location	Percentage
Head	68.71%
Face	4.87%
Neck	11.26%
Upper limbs
Shoulder	8.14%
Arm	5.02%
Elbow	4.44%
Hand	3.83%
Finger	2.57%
Lower limbs
Buttock	6.47%
Thigh	2.68%
Leg	4.01%
Foot	2.59%
Toe	2.04%
Back pain	27.75%
Chest	4.42%
Abdomen	13.53%
Joint of upper limbs
Shoulder	6.09%
Elbow	4.42%
Wrist	4.61%
Metacarpal	3.41%
Finger	1.66%
Joint of lower limbs
Hip	2.23%
Knee	5.68%
Ankle	3.33%
Metatarsal	2.99%
Toe	1.54%

Table 5 Intensity of pain

Intensity (%)	Respondents (N=10,501)
	Number	Percentage
Mild	2,583	24.60
Moderate	3,137	29.87
Severe	2,190	20.86
Very severe	298	2.84
Unexplained intensity	2,293	21.83

Figure 1 Pain management.

Table 6 Visits to doctor

Time from onset to visit (month)	Respondents (N=4,553)
	Number	Percentage
<1 month	2,888	63.42
<6 months	926	20.33
<12 months	623	13.68
>12 months	116	2.55

Table 7 Treatment satisfaction

Treatment satisfaction	Respondents
	Number	Percentage
Extremely satisfied	732	16.08
Satisfied	1,953	42.89
Not satisfied	910	19.99
Extremely not satisfied	811	17.81
No comments	147	3.23

Table 8 The cost of treatment for 6 months

Cost	Respondents (N =10,501)
	Number	Percentage
<150 USD	2,649	25.23
150 USD–250 USD	2,793	26.60
250 USD–500 USD	1,773	16.88
500 USD–750 USD	235	2.24
750 USD–1,000 USD	66	0.63
>1,000 USD	21	0.20
No comments	2,964	28.22

Abbreviation: USD, US dollar.

Figure S1 Pain survey questionnaire

Notes: Adapted with permission from Breivik H, Collett B, Ventafridda V, Cohen R, Gallacher D. Survey of chronic pain in Europe: prevalence, impact on daily life, and treatment. Eur J Pain. 2006;10(4):287–333. © 2005 European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.¹ The interviews were conducted in Vietnamese. The corresponding author (Nguyen Trung Kien) translated the original questionnaire to a Vietnamese version before starting study.

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