ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2012
Chronic pain treatment and health service utilization of veterans with hepatitis C virus infection.
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- Why do patients with chronic hepatitis C drink alcohol? An examination of pain, depression and drinking motives.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2021Article
- Social vulnerability in persons with chronic hepatitis C virus infection is associated with a higher risk of prescription opioid use.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Characterising the association between positive hepatitis C virus antibody and pain among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol review · 2019Article
- Psychometric properties of the PROMIS short form measures in a U.S. cohort of 961 patients with chronic hepatitis C prescribed direct acting antiviral therapy.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2018Article
- Inflammation, psychiatric symptoms, and opioid use are associated with pain and disability in patients with cirrhosis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2015Article
- Biopsychosocial factors associated with pain in veterans with the hepatitis C virus.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2014Article
- Pain-related anxiety mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and pain interference in veterans with hepatitis C.General hospital psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
objectivesHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is estimated to affect 2% of the general U.S. population and chronic pain is a common comorbidity among persons with HCV. The primary purpose of this study was to compare health service utilization of U.S. military veterans with HCV with and without the presence of comorbid chronic pain.
designCross-sectional study with retrospective review of patient medical records. PATIENTS: One hundred seventy-one U.S. military veterans with confirmed HCV, recruited through a single U.S. Veterans Administration hospital. OUTCOME MEASURES: Medical service utilization data from the past 5 years were extracted from participants' electronic medical records.
resultsSixty-four percent of veterans with HCV (N = 110) had chronic pain. Veterans with HCV and chronic pain utilized more health services including total inpatient stays (odds ratio [OR] = 2.58 [1.46, 4.56]) and days hospitalized for psychiatric services (OR = 5.50 [3.37, 8.99]), compared to participants with HCV and no chronic pain, after statistically adjusting for demographic, psychiatric, substance use, medical comorbidity, and disability covariates. In addition, those with HCV and chronic pain had more total outpatient visits with primary care providers (OR = 1.73 [1.15, 2.59]), physical therapists (OR = 9.57 [4.79, 19.11]), and occupational therapists (OR = 2.72 [1.00, 7.48]).
conclusionsPatients with HCV and chronic pain utilize medical services to a greater extent than patients with HCV but no chronic pain. Future studies that examine the efficacy of both pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain treatment for patients with comorbid HCV and chronic pain appear warranted.
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