Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in veterans with spinal cord injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 570-583

  Rintala, Diana H ^a   Holmes, Sally Ann ^b   Fiess, Richard Neil ^b   Courtade, Daisy ^b   Loubser, Paul G ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Chronic; Female; Intractable pain; Male; Prevalence; Spinal cord injury; Survey; Telephone; Veterans

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; CHRONIC; INTRACTABLE PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VETERANS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 33645695567     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.02.0033     Document Type: Article

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