ArticleBMC public health2011
Pain as a global public health priority.
Article in BMC public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 6 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 651 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Acupuncture Combined With Mindfulness in the Context of Chronic Pain
Ambulatory Infusions of Lidocaine and Ketamine for Management of Chronic Pain: an Observational Prospective Study
An Open-label, Randomized, 3-way Crossover Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics of Investigational Product Ibuprofen Modified-Release Tablets 800 mg Compared to Ibuprofen Tablets 800 mg in Healthy Volunteers
Pain Modulation Effectiveness: An Experimental Study Using Repeated Conditioned Pain Modulation as an Intervention and Analyzing Potential Predictors in Healthy Adults.
Conditioned Open-label Placebos to Facilitate Opioid Reduction in Patients With Subacute or Chronic Pain Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Multivariate Prediction Model
Who cites it
651 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global disparities in association between leisure-time physical activity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Global health research and policy · 2026Pooled it
- Music-based interventions for chronic pain management.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Virtual reality in neurorehabilitation for musculoskeletal disorders: a bibliometric analysis from 2010 to 2025.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Artificial intelligence for prediction of clinical response and therapeutic value in interventional pain management: a scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- Connectomic Mapping of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Neural Circuitries Identified Through a Systematic Review and ALE Meta-Analysis.Neural plasticity · 2026Pooled it
- Bibliometric analysis of ketogenic diet for pain based on dual databases: global trends and research hotspots from the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus (2006-2025).Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation in chronic pain: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on acupuncture for chronic musculoskeletal pain.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- The Association Between Chronic Pain Acceptance and Pain-Related Disability: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation combined with physiotherapy in the management of chronic pain in adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pain: a bibliometric analysis based on integrated databases (2011-2024).Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A dual-database bibliometric analysis of music-based interventions and pain from 2004 to 2024.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Predicting chronic pain using wearable devices: a scoping review of sensor capabilities, data security, and standards compliance.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for pain in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2024Pooled it
- The Analgesic Potential of Litsea Species: A Systematic Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cannabis and Cannabinoid-Based Medicines in the Management of Chronic Pain and Co-Occurring Conditions.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise as a promising alternative for sciatic nerve injury pain relief: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of SHR8554, a biased µ-opioid receptor agonist: a phase I trial in healthy volunteers.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2026Trial
- A Phase I Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Highly Selective NaV1.8 Inhibitor JKN2306 in Healthy Chinese Subjects.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2026Trial
- The Effect ofNutrients · 2026Trial
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Abstract
backgroundPain is an enormous problem globally. Estimates suggest that 20% of adults suffer from pain globally and 10% are newly diagnosed with chronic pain each year. Nevertheless, the problem of pain has primarily been regarded as a medical problem, and has been little addressed by the field of public health. DISCUSSION: Despite the ubiquity of pain, whether acute, chronic or intermittent, public health scholars and practitioners have not addressed this issue as a public health problem. The importance of viewing pain through a public health lens allows one to understand pain as a multifaceted, interdisciplinary problem for which many of the causes are the social determinants of health. Addressing pain as a global public health issue will also aid in priority setting and formulating public health policy to address this problem, which, like most other chronic non-communicable diseases, is growing both in absolute numbers and in its inequitable distribution across the globe. SUMMARY: The prevalence, incidence, and vast social and health consequences of global pain requires that the public health community give due attention to this issue. Doing so will mean that health care providers and public health professionals will have a more comprehensive understanding of pain and the appropriate public health and social policy responses to this problem.
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