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Diagnostic uncertainty in pediatric chronic pain: nature, prevalence, and consequences.
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- Chronic pain concepts of pediatricians: a qualitative survey.Pain reports · 2023Article
- Trusting in the online 'community': An interview study exploring internet use in young people with chronic pain.British journal of pain · 2022Article
- Pediatric Chronic Pain in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lived Experiences of Youth and Parents.The journal of pain · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionDiagnostic uncertainty (DU), which is the perception that a label or explanation for a patient's health problem is missing or inaccurate, has been linked to distress, anxiety, and difficulty coping among adults with pain. This study examined the prevalence of DU among youth with chronic pain and their parents and the relation of parent and youth DU with youth pain, pain-related constructs, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
methodsParticipants included 174 youth with chronic pain (
resultsThirty-one percent of youth and 28% of parents experienced DU. Seventy percent of parents and youth were in agreement regarding their experience of DU. Youth DU was linked to higher youth catastrophic thinking about their pain. Parent DU was linked to greater youth pain interference and intensity and lower youth HRQoL.
conclusionDiagnostic uncertainty is experienced by nearly a third of youth with chronic pain and their parents and is linked to worse youth pain, pain catastrophizing, and HRQoL.
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