ArticleChild abuse & neglect2019
The relationship between childhood emotional abuse and chronic pain among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada.
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- Trauma exposure across the lifespan among individuals engaged in treatment with medication for opioid use disorder: differences by gender, PTSD status, and chronic pain.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Trial
- The associations between adverse childhood experiences and body pain among middle-aged and older adults: findings from China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Trauma Exposure Across the Lifespan among Individuals Engaged in Treatment with Medication for Opioid Use Disorder: Differences by Gender, PTSD Status, and Chronic Pain.Research square · 2023Article
- What is the association between childhood adversity and subsequent chronic pain in adulthood? A systematic review.BJA open · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPeople who inject drugs (PWID) often contend with chronic pain as a result of illness and trauma, and such pain is known to have significant impacts on mental health, quality of life, and substance use behaviours. Although PWID are also known to have high rates of childhood trauma, little is known about how childhood emotional abuse may be associated with chronic pain in this population.
objectiveWe undertook this study to explore emotional abuse and chronic pain among PWID. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingThis study comprised a total of 1459 participants in Vancouver, Canada between June 2014 and November 2016.
methodsWe employed multivariable generalized estimating equations with data derived from two prospective cohort studies of community-recruited PWID to examine the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and chronic pain in the past six months.
resultsAmong eligible participants, 591 (40.5%) reported childhood emotional abuse, and 760 (52.1%) reported chronic pain in the previous six months. In a multivariable analysis, experiencing childhood emotional abuse remained independently associated with chronic pain (adjusted odds ratio: 1.25; 95% confidence interval: 1.01-1.53) after adjustment for a range of socio-demographic and drug use confounders.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that childhood emotional abuse may have lasting relationships with chronic pain among PWID, potentially through established physiological and psychological mechanisms. Current chronic pain treatment may benefit from the evaluation of life course vulnerabilities that may be amenable to earlier interventions. Further, increased availability of effective trauma-informed chronic pain treatment is needed among this vulnerable population.
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