Chronic pain in South Australia - population levels that interfere extremely with activities of daily living

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-239

  Currow, David C ^a   Agar, Meera ^a,b   Plummer, John L ^c   Blyth, Fiona M ^d   Abernethy, Amy P ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic complex disease; Chronic pain; Population health planning; Randomised prevalence survey; Symptom burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956014329     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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