Pain experience of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with comorbid chronic pain and posttraumatic stress

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-570

  Outcalt, Samantha D ^a,b   Ang, Dennis C ^c   Wu, Jingwei ^b   Sargent, Christy ^a   Yu, Zhangsheng ^b   Bair, Matthew J ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Cognitions; Comorbidity; Mental health; Musculoskeletal pain; Pain severity; Posttraumatic stress; Trauma; Veteran health; Veterans

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CHRONIC PAIN; CO MORBIDITIES; COGNITIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAINS; PAIN SEVERITY; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS; TRAUMA; VETERANS;

HEALTH;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHECKLIST; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SOCIAL COGNITION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905670286     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.06.0134     Document Type: Article

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