Cumulative effects of multiple pain sites in youth with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The experience of persistent pain in multiple locations is common in youth. Based on current literature, youth with multiple pain sites (MPS) are at risk of experiencing poorer emotional outcomes and a spread of symptoms into late adolescence and adulthood. Little is known regarding the association between MPS with physical and school functioning domains, particularly after initiation of multidisciplinary pain treatment. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the association of MPS with disability and school functioning among youth with chronic pain.

Methods

A total of 195 patients with chronic pain, aged 8-17, and their parents completed measures assessing patient distress and functioning at a multidisciplinary pain clinic evaluation and at 4-month

SUBMITTER: Basch MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995652 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature