Prevalence of Chronic Pain Increasing: Implications for Pain Medicine?

"Joint pain and lower back pain were the most prevalent sites of pain both in 2002 and by the end of the study period in 2018." Chronic pain prevalence increasing in the US, new study shows New research finds that the prevalence of chronic pain among adults in the United States has increased across all demographics included in the study. www.medicalnewstoday.com Pain Trends Among American Adults, 2002–2018: Patterns, Disparities, and Correlates Anna Zajacova ; Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk ; Zachary Zimmer Demography (2021) 58 (2): 711–738. [URL... Read more
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