Survey of chronic pain in Europe: Prevalence, impact on daily life, and treatment

By H. Breivik, B. Collett, V. Ventafridda, R. Cohen, D. Gallacher. European Journal of Pain, 2006

5,363 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pharmacology

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In Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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2. M. Nicholas
3. Blair H. Smith
4. Steven P. Cohen
5. L. Manchikanti
6. N. Finnerup

In Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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2. Steven P. Cohen
3. Blair H. Smith
4. M. Nicholas
5. J. Scholz
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7. P. Mantyh
8. N. Finnerup

Citations in the corpus

• A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11 (2015, background): “Chronic pain is a frequent condition, affecting an estimated 20% of people wor ldwide [6,9,14,15] and accounting for 1520% of physician visits [25,28].”
• Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain. (2009, background): “When pain persists for weeks or months, its broader effects on well-being can be profound with significant impairment of physical and psychological health, and performance of social responsibilities including work and family (5-35).”
• The effect of pain on cognitive function: a review of clinical and preclinical research. (2011, background): “Detailed evaluation of the interaction of pain with mood, stress and anxiety, as well as parameters such as coping, disability and quality of life is beyond the scope of this review, but may be found elsewhere (Anton, 2009; Breivik et al., 2006; Campbell et al., 2003; Dersh et al., 2002; Hart et al.”
• The individual and societal burden of chronic pain in Europe: the case for strategic prioritisation and action to improve knowledge and availability of appropriate care (2013, background): “At least half of people with chronic pain report that it interferes with their work [1,11,26].”
• Cancer-related pain: a pan-European survey of prevalence, treatment, and patient attitudes. (2009, methodology): “A sample for this phase of 50 patients was chosen as previous surveys had indicated this to be a robust population size for in-depth analysis [18].”
• The prevalence of chronic pain in United States adults: results of an Internet-based survey. (2010, result): “This estimate is just slightly higher than one from a recent telephone survey of 15 European countries and Israel (19%) that had the additional restriction of pain experienced in the last month.(4) The prevalence estimates in the current study included pain due to cancer, but the impact of cancer-re”
• The Link between Depression and Chronic Pain: Neural Mechanisms in the Brain (2017, background): “Chronic pain is a major public health problem, with epidemiological studies reporting that in the USA and Europe, approximately one fifth of the general population are affected [5].”
• A review of chronic pain impact on patients, their social environment and the health care system (2016, background): “1 In addition, most of the patients (70”