Introduction:

Pain is an obstacle in the daily lives of thousands of people around the world, and treatment does not always meet the expectation of the User.

Objectives:

To evaluate user satisfaction with pain treatment in the socio-demographic clinical and psychosocial context that involves it.

Methods:

Quantitative cross-sectional and descriptive study. The sample consists of 78 participants, with an average age of 64 years. A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire was used, and the scales: (1) satisfaction with pain treatment (PTSS), (2) spirituality (EE) and the personality inventory (NEO-FFI-20).

Results:

Most participants had chronic pain, of musculoskeletal origin, and pharmacological treatment was the dominant one. The degree of satisfaction with the treatment is moderate for 91% of the Users. The highest levels of satisfaction relate to the side effects of the medication (= 5.85; 9.75%) and medical care (= 15.53; 38.82%), moderate satisfaction, in the characteristic dimensions of the medication (= 6.02; 40.14%), in the current pain medication (= 16.58; 41.45%) and in the effectiveness of the medication (= 6.60; 44%). The greatest dissatisfaction, on the other hand, is related to information about pain and the treatment instituted (= 14.19; 56.76%). Equally moderate are the values ​​of spirituality and personality.

Conclusions:

Users' degree of satisfaction with pain treatment is only moderate and variable in the different dimensions. Therefore, it emerges to implement new pain management strategies, improving users' satisfaction and quality of life.

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