Secular trends in childhood pain and comorbid psychiatric symptoms: a population-based study.

Terhi LuntamoLotta LempinenAndre Sourander

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2022)

Overall pain symptoms doubled in both genders, but the most novel finding was that comorbid emotional difficulties tripled among girls who reported headaches. Further research is needed to confirm, and explain, these findings.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
mental health
sleep quality
spinal cord injury
depressive symptoms
postoperative pain
physical activity
early life
childhood cancer