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Epidemiology of chronic pain in Ukraine: Findings from the World Mental Health Survey

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  • Anna Xu
  • Elizabeth Hilton
  • Riley Arkema
  • Nathan L Tintle
  • Luralyn M Helming

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Chronic pain can pose a serious challenge in everyday life for many individuals globally, especially in developing countries, but studies explicitly exploring risk factors of chronic pain beyond demographic characteristics using survey data have been scarce. To address this problem, this study analyzed World Health Organization data on chronic pain in Ukraine to explore demographic, psychological, and treatment perception-related risk factors to chronic pain. We replicated previous reports of older age, female sex, married status, inadequate financial resources, and comorbidity of other physical conditions as significant demographic risk factors for chronic pain diagnosis but not necessarily for severe pain. We also found evidence for psychological risk factors and treatment perceptions as significant predictors for chronic pain diagnosis and its severity. These results provide a first step in examining beyond demographic risk factors for chronic pain diagnosis and severity and, instead, assessing potential psychological risk factors.

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  • Anna Xu & Elizabeth Hilton & Riley Arkema & Nathan L Tintle & Luralyn M Helming, 2019. "Epidemiology of chronic pain in Ukraine: Findings from the World Mental Health Survey," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0224084
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224084
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