ArticlePain reports2021
A scoping review of chronic pain in emerging adults.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predicting chronic pain using wearable devices: a scoping review of sensor capabilities, data security, and standards compliance.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- [Pediatric inpatient interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment in Germany].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of reformer pilates on pain, psychological factors, and sleep in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
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- Neural and psychosocial signatures of the comorbidity between pain and affective symptoms.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Co-creating support for adolescents with long-lasting pain: findings from workshops with adolescents, parents, and professionals.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Frequency and Correlates of Physical Activity Among Young Adults With Chronic Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- "Hurt and Misunderstood": Emotional reactions to pain dismissal in emerging adults with chronic pain.Health care transitions · 2025Article
- ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Symptoms Are Associated With Chronic Pain Interference: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Synthesis and Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Potentials of Ethyl 2-(2,5-Dioxo-1-Phenylpyrrolidin-3-yl)-2-Methylpropanoate.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Social health in young women with chronic pain.Pain reports · 2024Article
- Frequent Pain is Common Among 10-11-Year-Old Children with Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Psychological/behavioral interventions for emerging adults with chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Current Evidence for Biological Biomarkers and Mechanisms Underlying Acute to Chronic Pain Transition across the Pediatric Age Spectrum.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A shared love: reciprocity and hopefulness in romantic relationships of young adults with chronic pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cutting the cord? Parenting emerging adults with chronic pain.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2022Review
- Healthcare Transition Among Young Adults With Childhood-Onset Chronic Pain: A Mixed Methods Study and Proposed Framework.The journal of pain · 2022Observational
- Young female participants show blunted placebo effects associated with blunted responses to a cue predicting a safe stimulus in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Analgesic Self-medication Among Patients With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in a South African Chiropractic Teaching Clinic: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of chiropractic medicineArticle
- Reflexivity and Relational Spaces: Experiences of Conducting a Narrative Inquiry Study With Emerging Adult Women Living With Chronic Pain.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
Much of the adult chronic pain literature addresses pain in typical pain cohorts of middle-aged to older individuals. To date, little research has focused on chronic pain in younger adults, who likely have a completely different pain experience. This scoping review aimed to address this gap by describing the emerging adult (18-29 years) chronic pain experience regarding prevalence, associated factors, outcomes, and pain management. Searches of primary electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL were performed on February 26, 2020, restricting the publication date from database inception to December 31, 2019. The search strategy, conducted in English, covered search term combinations of "chronic pain" and "young adults." A total of 6,612 records were considered-3,141 after removing duplicates. These records were screened by title and abstract; 871 through full-text screening. Of these, 78 articles covered the topic of emerging adults with chronic pain. Collectively, results indicated that between 5% and 30% of emerging adults experience chronic pain, depending on the sample and exact chronic pain definition. The most consistent associated factors were female sex, familial chronic pain, and previous experiences of chronic pain in childhood. Anxiety, depression, and sleep issues appeared associated both before and after the onset of chronic pain. Outcomes of pain included interruptions to study and work, poorer physical functioning, and pain-related interference to socializing. We observed that few pain treatments have been tested specifically in this cohort. A greater ongoing focus on chronic pain in emerging adults is required to improve long-lasting outcomes.
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