Epidemiology of Pain
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- Describe current evidence for pain epidemiology, acute and chronic.
- Describe the public health implications of this epidemiological picture including refernce to social, ethical, and economic considerations
Original Editor - Alberto Bertaggia.
Top Contributors - Alberto Bertaggia, 127.0.0.1, Rachael Lowe, Jo Etherton, Kim Jackson, WikiSysop, Jess Bell, Amanda Ager and Lauren Lopez
Introduction[edit | edit source]
As of today, it is difficult to define the epidemiology of pain because of its subjective nature of the symptoms and the lack of consensus for specific diagnoses and conditions, therefore it is hard to talk about evidences for the true incidence of most pain conditions[1].
People can experience pain as an acute acute, chronic, or intermittent condition, or a combination of the three[2]. Anyway, there is the need for Public Health to address pain as a disease itself[3][4], rather than a simple symptom, in order to provide better interventions for the management and the prevention of pain[5].
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- ↑ Henschke N, Kamper SJ, Maher CG. The epidemiology and economic consequences of pain. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Jan;90(1):139–47.
- ↑ Goldberg DS, McGee SJ. Pain as a global public health priority. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:770.
- ↑ McGee SJ, Kaylor BD, Emmott H, Christopher MJ. Defining chronic pain ethics. Pain Med. 2011 Sep;12(9):1376–84.
- ↑ Tracey I, Bushnell MC. How Neuroimaging Studies Have Challenged Us to Rethink: Is Chronic Pain a Disease? The Journal of Pain. 2009 Nov;10(11):1113–20.
- ↑ Hecke O van, Torrance N, Smith BH. Chronic pain epidemiology and its clinical relevance. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Jan 7;111(1):13–8.
