German pain society
| German Pain Society e. V. | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Medical society for pain therapy |
| President: | Claudia Sommer |
| Executive Director: | Thomas Isenberg |
| Establishment date: | 1975 |
| Number of members: | 3400 |
| Seat : | Frankfurt am Main |
| Website: | paingesellschaft.de |
The German Pain Society e. V. - until 2012 German Society for the Study of Pain e. V. (DGSS) - is (as of 2007) the only scientific pain society in Germany.
History and organization
The German Pain Society eV (formerly "German Society for the Study of Pain", DGSS) was founded in 1975 during the first World Congress on Pain in Florence as the German section of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The registered office of the company is Frankfurt am Main , the federal office is located in Berlin, and a service center is maintained in Boppard. Claudia Sommer, University Hospital Würzburg is (as of 2019) President of the Society. The managing director is Thomas Isenberg, Berlin.
The association is the largest scientific pain society in Europe; it has around 3400 members and is recognized as a non-profit organization. The publication organ of the German Pain Society is the journal Der Pain (Springer-Verlag).
The association is a member of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF). The German Pain Society organizes the German Pain Congress annually together with the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG).
Goals and fields of work
The main goals are to promote pain research in Germany and to improve pain therapy care. Serve:
- the offer of basic, advanced and advanced training events
- the organization of scientific conferences and curricula
- the annual award for pain research in the categories of basic and clinical research
- Recommendations for pain management and quality control
- an internal algesiology certificate
- Representing the interests of those suffering from pain in public
She developed the multiaxial pain classification .
The Global Year Against Pain
Pain - especially chronic pain - is a major problem that significantly reduces the quality of life for many people. That is why the German Pain Society supports the Global Year Against Pain initiative of its umbrella organization IASP to draw international attention to the subject of pain. Each year a different aspect of pain is the focus of the campaign, such as acute pain in the 2010-2011 campaign (which started on October 18, 2010).
In 2004, IASP initiated the first Global Year Against Pain under the motto Treating pain should become a human right , supported by various IASP associations around the world, each organizing their own local events and activities.
The topics were / are:
- 2004–2005 Treatment of pain as a human right
- 2005–2006 pain in children
- 2006–2007 pain in old age
- 2007–2008 pain in women
- 2008–2009 pain in cancer
- 2009–2010 musculoskeletal pain
- 2010–2011 acute pain
- 2011–2012 headache
- 2012–2013 visceral pain
- 2013–2014 orofacial pain
- 2014–2015 neuropathic pain
- 2016 joint pain
- 2017 pain after operations
- 2018 Excellence in Pain Education
- 2019 pain in vulnerable people
- 2020 Chronic Pain Prevention
The PAIN2020
The PAIN2020 project was started in 2018 through the initiative of the German Pain Society. The project is funded with 7 million euros by the innovation fund of the Federal Joint Committee and carried out in cooperation with BARMER . The aim of PAIN2020 is to improve the quality and efficiency of care for people with risk factors for chronic pain through a new form of care. PAIN2020 assumes that early guidance of the patient into new offers of standard care based on the biopsychosocial needs of the patient both closes a gap in the existing care and counteracts chronification.
Web links
- Official website
- Literature by and about the German Pain Society in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.dgss.org/die-gesellschaft/praesidium/
- ^ World Congress on Pain - IASP. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The Pain - Springer. Retrieved June 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Global Year Against Pain, accessed June 2, 2019
- ↑ PAIN2020. Accessed June 2, 2019 (German).