Defining chronic pain in epidemiological studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pain7.40
Volume: 158, Issue: 11, Pages: 2092 - 2107
Published: Nov 1, 2017
Abstract
The objective was to document the operational definitions applied in epidemiological studies of chronic pain and to examine whether pain definitions and other methodological factors are systematically related to prevalence estimates. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO were searched for original research reports with study samples of at least 1000 individuals, excluding studies of less than 5 out of 15 selected body regions and studies solely...
Paper Details
Title
Defining chronic pain in epidemiological studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Published Date
Nov 1, 2017
Journal
Volume
158
Issue
11
Pages
2092 - 2107
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