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Impact of demographic factors on chronic pain among adults in the United States.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Multi-ancestral genome-wide study of chronic pain reveals widespread genetic correlations with mental and physical health traits.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- More than chronic pain: behavioural and psychosocial protective factors predict lower brain age in adults with/at risk of knee osteoarthritis over two years.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Is the relationship between chronic pain and mortality causal? A propensity score analysis.Pain · 2025Article
- Minimising Harm and Managing Pain: Deprescribing Opioids in Older Adults.Drugs & aging · 2024Review
- Stress, perceived competence and guilt as predictors of depression in parents with chronic pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Exploring Gender Differences in Veterans in a Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness for Chronic Pain.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Greater socioenvironmental risk factors and higher chronic pain stage are associated with thinner bilateral temporal lobes.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Elucidating factors contributing to disparities in pain-related experiences among adults with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Overview and Feasibility of a Novel Transdisciplinary Integrative Approach to High Impact Chronic Pain in Vermont.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
Introduction: Chronic pain affects more than 1 in 5 American adults, and its effects are not evenly distributed throughout the population. Methods: Using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a household-based annual survey of self-reported health status of U.S. adults, this cross-sectional study describes differences in the prevalence of chronic pain and its effects across socioeconomic groups. Results: In univariate analyses, chronic pain was more prevalent among female respondents, persons with lower educational attainment, non-Hispanic White individuals, and those who were insured as well as those who were married. After accounting for all other demographic factors, age, female sex, and lower educational attainment were associated with higher odds of having chronic pain, whereas Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black race were associated with lower odds. Despite lower odds of having chronic pain, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black race were associated with greater odds of reporting more severe pain than White race. There were no significant differences across race in the effects of pain on life, work, or family, although female sex and lower educational attainment were associated with greater effects of pain on these domains. Educational attainment was the only characteristic associated with greater odds of ineffective pain management after accounting for all other demographic factors. Conclusions: Implications for reducing disparities in the treatment of chronic pain are discussed.
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