Associations Between Spousal or Significant Other Solicitous Responses and Opioid Dose in Patients with Chronic Pain

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1034-1039

  Cunningham, Julie L ^a   Hayes, Sarah E ^b   Townsend, Cynthia O ^a   Laures, Heidi J ^c   Hooten, W Michael ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Opioids; Solicitous response; Spouse or significant other

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PAIN INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPOUSE;

EID: 84865283790     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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