The canadian STOP-PAIN project: The burden of chronic pain - Does sex really matter?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 443-452

  Racine, Mélanie ^a,b   Dion, Dominique ^c   Dupuis, Gilles ^a,d   Guerriere, Denise N ^f   Zagorski, Brandon ^g   Choinière, Manon ^b,c,d   Banner, Robert ⁱ   Barton, Pamela M ^k   Boulanger, Aline ^b   Clark, Alexander J ^m   Gordon, Allan ^h   Guertin, Marie Claude ^d   Intrater, Howard M ⁿ   Lefort, Sandra M ^o   Lynch, Mary E ^m   Moulin, Dwight E ^j   Ong Lam, May ^p   Peng, Philip ^h   Rashiq, Saifee ^l   Shir, Yoram ^e   Taenzer, Paul ^k   Ware, Mark ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^j LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^k Alberta Health Services   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^m QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^o MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^p ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

biopsychosocial factors; chronic pain; economic costs; sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84898035733     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182a0de5e     Document Type: Article

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