Cohort Description: Preventing an Opioid Epidemic in Norway - Focusing on Treatment of Chronic Pain (POINT) - A National Registry-Based Study.

Aleksi Hamina Ingvild OdsbuPetter Christian BorchgrevinkLi-Chia ChenThomas ClausenKetil Arne Espnes Kine GjesdalMarte HandalSirpa HartikainenVidar HjellvikMarianne Therese Smogeli HolterTrond HøibøGeana Paula KuritaHarald Christian Langaas Torgeir Gilje Lid Torunn Hatlen NøstPer SjøgrenSvetlana Skurtveitnull null

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2022)

The two cohorts have numerous pain-related diagnoses, especially in the musculoskeletal system, and noticeably frequent somatic and psychiatric morbidity. The POINT project also includes later work packages that explore prescriber and patient perspectives around safe and effective treatment of chronic pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
mental health
case report
gene expression
spinal cord injury
combination therapy
spinal cord
neuropathic pain
genome wide