Is Pain Intensity Really That Important to Assess in Chronic Pain Patients? A Study Based on the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation (SQRP)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bromley Milton, Maria ^a   Börsbo, Björn ^a,d   Rovner, Graciela ^c   Lundgren Nilsson, Åsa ^c   Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Katharina ^c   Gerdle, Björn ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SWEDEN; SWEDISH QUALITY REGISTRY FOR PAIN REHABILITATION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGISTRIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879264785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065483     Document Type: Article

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