Chronic pain in German general practice

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1408-1415

  Hensler, Stefan ^a   Heinemann, Daniel ^b   Becker, Michael T ^a   Ackermann, Hanns ^c   Wiesemann, Armin ^a   Abholz, Heinz H ^b   Engeser, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living; Chronic pain; Intensity of pain; Prevalence; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70949094193     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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