Prevalence, causes, severity, impact, and management of chronic pain in Australian general practice patients

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1346-1361

  Henderson, Joan V ^a   Harrison, Christopher M ^a   Britt, Helena C ^a   Bayram, Clare F ^a   Miller, Graeme C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Impact of Pain; Pain Management; Pain Severity

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSAMINE; IBUPROFEN; MELOXICAM; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURSITIS; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEURALGIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP QUALITY; TENDINITIS;

CHRONIC PAIN; IMPACT OF PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN SEVERITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883770003     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12195     Document Type: Article

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