A Systematic Review of the Prospective Relationship between Child Maltreatment and Chronic Pain.
Teresa J MarinRebecca Elizabeth LewinsonJill A HaydenQuenby MahoodMeghan A RossiBrittany N RosenbloomJoel D KatzPublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
Overall, there is an absence of evidence from high quality studies of an association between maltreatment and pain. Our results are limited by the small number of studies reporting the relationship between child maltreatment and pain using a prospective design. High quality studies, including prospective cohort studies and those that assess and report on the moderators described above, are needed to advance the literature.