Trauma, Social Support, Family Conflict, and Chronic Pain in Recent Service Veterans: Does Gender Matter?

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1101-1111

  Driscoll, Mary A ^a,b   Higgins, Diana M ^c,d   Seng, Elizabeth K ^e,f   Buta, Eugenia ^a,g   Goulet, Joseph L ^b   Heapy, Alicia A ^a,b   Kerns, Robert D ^a,b   Brandt, Cynthia A ^a,b   Haskell, Sally G ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Gender; Support; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE PAIN; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HAND PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; PAIN SEVERITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH PAIN; THORAX PAIN; VETERAN; WAR; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932195877     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12744     Document Type: Article

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