Medical & Clinical Reviews

Challenges and Opportunities to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Mexican Patients with Chronic Pain

The objective of this semi-systematic review identifies the challenges and barriers to patient journey optimization in various chronic pain such as low back pain, neuropathic pain, and osteoarthritis in Mexican patients and explores opportunities in the health system to establish a patientcentric chronic pain management model.

Information on a patient journey in chronic pain in Mexico (awareness, screening, diagnosis, treatment, adherence, and control) was obtained from Embase, MEDLINE and BIOSIS, and national and global public portals. Data gaps were bridged by regional insights from experts. Except for the treatment, an alarming situation was observed for all touchpoints for chronic low back pain and osteoarthritis. A worse scenario was found for neuropathic pain with all the touchpoints affected.

Evidence-informed healthcare decisions, continuing medical education for pain management, and an increase in patient awareness may bring improvement in Mexico.

Author(s): Mario Angel Rosas-Sanchez1, Argelia Lara-Solares2, Gloria Llamosa3, Maria Del Rocio Guillen Nunez4*, Ana Lilia Garduno, Andrea del Bosque6, Paola Elorza7

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