Advanced search
Publication Cover
South African Family Practice Volume 55, 2013 - Issue 1
Journal homepage
144
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Prevalence of chronic pain in patients attending primary healthcare facilities in south-west Tshwane

WN RaufDepartment of Family Medicine, Kalafong Hospital; University of PretoriaCorrespondence[email protected]
, BSc, MBBS, DipPEC(SA), MMed(Fam Med) (Senior Consultant/Senior Lecturer) ,
HP MeyerDepartment of Family Medicine, Kalafong Hospital; University of Pretoria
, MBChB, MPraxMed, MFGP(SA), FCFP(SA) (Head) ,
TS MarcusDepartment of Family Medicine, Kalafong Hospital; University of Pretoria
, BScEcon, MSc, PhD (Extraordinary Professor) &
PJ BeckerBiostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria
, MSc, PhD (Biostatistician)
Pages 85-89 | Received 18 Feb 2012, Accepted 12 May 2012, Published online: 15 Aug 2014

References

  • Tunks ER, Crook J, Weir R. Epidemiology of chronic pain with psychological comorbidity: Prevalence, risk, course, and prognosis. C Journal Psychiatry. 2008; 53(4): 224–234.
  • Breivik H, Collett B, Ventafridda V, et al. Survey of chronic pain in Europe: prevalence, impact on daily life, and treatment. Eur J Pain. 2006; 10(4): 287–333.
  • Elliott Am, Smith BH, Penny KI, et al. The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community. Lancet. 1999; 354(9186): 1248–1252.
  • Birse TM, Lander J. Prevalence of chronic pain. Can J Public Health. 1998; 89(2): 129–131.
  • Schim JD, Stang P. Overview of pain management. Pain Pract. 2004; Suppl 1: S4–S18.
  • Friebem CH, Willweber-Strumpf A, Zenz MW. Chronic pain in primary care. German figures from 1991 and 2006. BMC Public Health. 2009; 9: 299.
  • Gureje O, Von Korff M, Simon GE, Gater R. Persistent pain and well-being. A World Health Organization study in primary care. JAMA. 1998; 280(2): 147–151.
  • Ang DC, Kroenke K, McHorney CA. Impact of pain severity and location on health- related quality of life. Rheumatol Intl. 2006; 26(6): 567–572.
  • Meyer HP. Pain in primary care. S Afr Fam Pract. 2007; 49(7): 19.
  • Cole BE. Pain management: classifying, understanding and treating pain. Hospital Physician. 2003; 38: 23–30.
  • Daut RL, Cleeland CS, Flanery RC. Development of the Wisconsin brief pain questionnaire to assess pain in cancer and other diseases. Pain. 1983; 17(2): 197–210.
  • Day MA, Thorn BE. The relationship of demographic and psychosocial variables to pain-related outcomes in rural chronic pain population. Pain. 2010; 151(2): 467–474.
  • StataCorp. Stata®: Release 11 Statistical Software. College Station, TX: StataCorp LP; 2009.
  • Meyer HP. Pain management in primary care: current perspectives. S Afr Fam Pract. 2007; 49(7): 20–22.
  • Harstall C. How prevalent is chronic pain? Pain: clinical updates. 2003; X: 1–4.
  • Demyttenaere K, Bonnewyn A, Bruffaerts R, et al. Comorbid painful physical symptoms and depression: prevalence, work loss, and help seeking. J Affect Disord. 2006; 92(2–3): 185–193.
  • Blyth FM, March LM, Brnabic AJ, et al. Chronic pain in Australia: a prevalence study. Pain. 2001; 89(2–3): 127–134.
  • Unruh AM. Gender variation in clinical pain experience. Pain. 1996; 65(2–3): 123–167.
  • DAO TT, LeResche L. Gender differences in pain. J Orofc Pain. 2000; 14(3): 169–184.
  • Tuzun EH. Quality of life in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2007; 21(3): 567–579.
  • Blyth FM, March LM, Nicholas MK, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain, work performance and litigation. Pain. 2003; 103(1–2): 41–47.
  • Bergman S, Herrstrom P, Hogstrom K, et al. Chronic musculoskeletal pain, prevalence rates and sociodemographic associations in a Swedish population study. J Rheumatol. 2001; 28(6): 1369–1377.
  • Davies HT, Crombie IK, Macrae WA. Where does it hurt? Describing the body locations in chronic pain. Eur J Pain. 1998; 2(1): 69–80.
  • Blyth FM, March LM, Brnabic AJM, et al. Chronic pain and frequent use of health care. Pain. 2004; 111(1–2): 51–58.
  • Dobscha SK, Corson K, Perrin NA, et al. Collaborative care for chronic pain in primary care. JAMA. 2009; 301(12): 1242–1252.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.