ArticleBMC public health2011
Back and neck pain are related to mental health problems in adolescence.
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- Global Disability and Economic Burden Caused by Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Neck Pain, and Low Back Pain in Women of Childbearing Age from 1990 to 2021.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Understanding the Comorbidities Among Psychiatric Disorders, Chronic Low Back Pain, and Spinal Degenerative Disease Using Observational and Genetically Informed Analyses.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Relationship between Pain, Physical Activity, Screen Time and Age among Young Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Classification of patients with osteoarthritis through clusters of comorbidities using 633 330 individuals from Spain.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
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- Clinician-led mental health conversations significantly associated with outcomes for scoliosis patients.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal pain latent classes and biopsychosocial characteristics among emerging adults.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Chronic backpain among adolescents in Denmark: trends 1991-2018 and association with socioeconomic status.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Article
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Fear Avoidance Predicts Persistent Pain in Young Adults With Low Back Pain: A Prospective Study.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Text Neck Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Neck and shoulder pain among elementary school students: prevalence and its risk factors.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Correlates of physical activity and sedentary time in young adults: the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study.BMC public health · 2018Article
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- Mental Status as a Common Factor for Masticatory Muscle Pain: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a high prevalence of mental health problems amongst adolescents. In addition there is a high prevalence of spinal pain in this population. Evidence suggests that these conditions are related. This study sought to extend earlier findings by examining the relationship between mental health problems as measured by the Child Behaviour Check List (CBCL) and the experience of back and neck pain in adolescents.
methodsOne thousand five hundred and eighty participants (mean age 14.1 years) from the Western Australian Pregnancy (Raine) Study provided cross-sectional spinal pain and CBCL data.
resultsAs predicted, there was a high prevalence of back and neck pain in this cohort. On the whole, females reported more mental health difficulties than males. There were strong relationships between the majority of symptom scales of the CBCL and back and neck pain. Scores on the CBCL were associated with higher odds of comorbid back and neck pain.
conclusionsThese findings strongly support the need to consider both psychological and pain symptoms when providing assessments and treatment for adolescents. Further research is required to inform causal models.
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