Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in the general population of Hong Kong

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-245

  Wong, Wing S ^a   Fielding, Richard ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Hong Kong Chinese; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHINESE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN GRADE QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 12; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH PAIN; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551579329     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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