Persistent pain and comorbidity among operation enduring freedom/operation iraqi freedom/operation new dawn veterans

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 782-790

  Higgins, Diana M ^a,b   Kerns, Robert D ^c,d   Brandt, Cynthia A ^c,d   Haskell, Sally G ^c,d   Bathulapalli, Harini ^d   Gilliam, Wesley ^e   Goulet, Joseph L ^c,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Psychology VA New Mexico Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Obesity; Pain management; Persistent pain; Post traumatic stress syndrome; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ICD-9; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; OBESITY; PAIN; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PERSISTENT PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84901021501     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12388     Document Type: Article

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