Differential Pain Presentations Observed across Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Trajectories after Combat Injury.
Nicholas A GiordanoTherese S RichmondJohn T FarrarChester C 'Trip' Buckenmaier IiiRollin M GallagherRosemary C PolomanoPublished in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2022)
Chronic and worsening PTSD trajectories were associated with greater pain intensity and interference following combat injury even when accounting for receipt of early RA for pain management. These findings underscore the need to jointly assess pain and PTSD symptoms across the trauma care continuum.