Burden of disease of chronic pain in Ecuador.
Pieralessandro LasalviaYaneth Gil-RojasDiego RosselliPublished in: Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research (2023)
Chronic pain is an important source of burden of disease. It is comparable to other important causes such as headaches, stroke, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, among others. Low back pain, osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal pain were the biggest contributors given their high prevalence.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- pain management
- type diabetes
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- rheumatoid arthritis
- lung function
- glycemic control
- knee osteoarthritis
- cystic fibrosis
- adipose tissue
- spinal cord
- blood brain barrier
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle
- brain injury
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- weight loss