Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Not Associated With Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Patients With Musculoskeletal Illness.
CONCLUSIONS: ACEs may not contribute to greater pain intensity or magnitude of physical limitations unless they are accompanied by greater health anxiety or less effective coping strategies. Adverse events can contribute to anxiety and depression, but perhaps they sometimes lead to development of resilience and effective coping strategies. Future research might address whether ACEs affect symptoms and limitations in younger adult patients and patients with more severe musculoskeletal pathology such as major traumatic injuries.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II, prognostic study.
PMID: 30586342 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ottenhoff JSE, Kortlever JTP, Boersma EZ, Laverty DC, Ring D, Driscoll MD Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research
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