Alcohol habits in patients with long-term musculoskeletal pain: Comparison with a matched control group from the general population

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-137

  Thelin Bronner, Kerstin Birgitta ^a   Wennberg, Peter ^b,c   Källmén, Håkan ^a   Schult, Marie Louise Birgitta ^a,b,d  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

Author keywords

alcohol habits; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; chronic pain; multimodal rehabilitation; social worker

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROL GROUPS; GENERAL POPULATION; MULTI-MODAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE SITES; SOCIAL WORKER;

HEALTH; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861100664     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283527d0d     Document Type: Article

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