ArticlePain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses2022
A Brief Survey of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on the Chronic Pain Experience.
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- Analysing the lived experience of Iranian female heads of households in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants in pragmatic clinical trials for chronic pain: implications for trial outcomes and beyond.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Trajectories of pain and depressive symptoms among people living with low back pain during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 24-month longitudinal study.Pain reports · 2024Article
- A Longitudinal Investigation of the Impact of COVID-19 on Patients With Chronic Pain.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Pharmacological Proposal Approach to Managing Chronic Pain Associated with COVID-19.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- [Healthy lifestyle habits, musculoskeletal system and its impact on the working population in the post-pandemic].Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) · 2023Article
- Sex differences among users of NSAIDs and opioids during COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth with Chronic Pain and Their Parents: A Longitudinal Examination of Who Are Most at Risk.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pain Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced sweeping social and behavioral changes that have adversely affected the general population. Many changes, such as business closures, working from home, increased psychological distress, and delayed access to health care, could have unique adverse effects on patients diagnosed with chronic pain (CP). The present study sought to examine perceived changes in the CP experience brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
designParticipants included 487 self-reported patients with musculoskeletal, neuropathic, or postsurgical pain recruited using CloudResearch. A 53-item survey was created to assess changes in perceived pain, mood, control over pain, physical activity, employment, and medical access since the onset of the pandemic.
resultsResults suggested a worsening of the pain experience, particularly for women, with greater pain, negative affect, sedentary functioning, perceived decline in treatment quality, and increased treatment delays. Of note, pandemic-related declines in control over pain, which represents an important clinical target, are associated with other pandemic-related declines and also mediates relevant associations.
conclusionsFor frontline treatment providers, particularly primary care nurses and physicians, these findings may be relevant in order to reduce the likelihood of a worsening of symptoms, loss of self-efficacy regarding management of pain and/or potential maladaptive increase in the use of pain medications.
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