PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003333
Charlotte Indre Lund, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir, Bo Lars Engdahl, Audun Stubhaug, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Christopher Sivert Nielsen
{"title":"How is age at menopause and reproductive lifespan associated with chronic pain outcomes in postmenopausal women?","authors":"Charlotte Indre Lund, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Ólöf Anna Steingrímsdóttir, Bo Lars Engdahl, Audun Stubhaug, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Christopher Sivert Nielsen","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003333","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003333","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Female sex is a prominent risk factor for chronic pain, although the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between age at menopause, reproductive lifespan, and chronic pain in a sample of postmenopausal women aged 40 to 93 years. Data were collected from the Tromsø study conducted in Norway between 2015 and 2016 (Tromsø7). Chronic pain was assessed using a single question, which formed a sample size of 5741 participants. Chronic widespread pain was evaluated using the more comprehensive Graphical Index of Pain, resulting in a sample size of 5920 women. Premenopausal women and those who experienced menstrual cessation due to chemotherapy/radiation or hormonal intrauterine devices were excluded from the analysis. Adjusted relative risk ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated to determine associations. The results showed that early menopause was associated with a 1% increase in the prevalence of chronic pain for each year of earlier onset at menopause (0.992, CI 95% 0.985-0.998). This association was also observed in women who experienced natural menopause only. However, the association between menopause and chronic widespread pain did not reach statistical significance in the fully adjusted analysis (0.996, CI 95% 0.975-1.017). There were no significant associations found between reproductive lifespan and either outcome. In conclusion, the findings suggest that early menopause in postmenopausal women is linked to a higher prevalence of chronic pain. However, reproductive lifespan does not appear to have a significant impact on chronic pain or chronic widespread pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"144-152"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003320
Don Daniel Ocay, Kimberly Lobo, Angela Kim, Meghan Halpin, Charles B Berde
{"title":"Development and validation of a home quantitative sensory testing tool-kit to assess changes in sensory and pain processing: a study in healthy young adults.","authors":"Don Daniel Ocay, Kimberly Lobo, Angela Kim, Meghan Halpin, Charles B Berde","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003320","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003320","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a set of methods for quantifying somatosensory functioning. Limitations of laboratory-based QST (LQST) include high cost, complexity in training, lack of portability, and time requirements for testing. Translating QST to a home setting could facilitate future research and clinical care. The objective of this study was to develop a home QST (HQST) tool-kit that is cost-effective, easy to use, and detects changes in sensory and pain processing. Thirty-two young healthy adults underwent sensory testing on their nondominant forearm using standard in-person LQST, followed by \"simulated HQST\" using video guidance in a separate room from the investigator before and after application of either a lidocaine or capsaicin cream. We observed good agreement between HQST and LQST scores, with significant correlations observed between the pinprick, pressure, cold and heat measures (|ρ| range = 0.36-0.54). The participants rated the HQST protocol as highly acceptable and safe but can be improved in future implementations. Home QST was able to detect hypoesthesia to vibration after lidocaine cream application ( P = 0.024, d = 0.502) and could detect hypoalgesia and hyperalgesia to pressure and heat pain sensitivity tests after application of lidocaine and capsaicin creams, respectively ( P -value range = <0.001-0.036, d -value range = 0.563-0.901). Despite limitations, HQST tool-kits may become a cost-effective, convenient, and scalable approach for improving sensory profiling in clinical care and clinical research.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"52-66"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003422
Charlotte Duffee
{"title":"Conceptual and historical blind spots of large language models in research on pain-related suffering.","authors":"Charlotte Duffee","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003422","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003422","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":"166 1","pages":"222"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003465
Delia Della Porta, Eléonore Scheirman, Valéry Legrain
{"title":"Reply to Torta and Meyers.","authors":"Delia Della Porta, Eléonore Scheirman, Valéry Legrain","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003465","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003465","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":"166 1","pages":"222"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003330
Guillermo Ceniza-Bordallo, Andrés Gómez Fraile, Patricia Martín-Casas, Jennifer A Rabbitts, Rui Li, Tonya M Palermo, Ibai López-de-Uralde-Villanueva
{"title":"Prevalence, pain trajectories, and presurgical predictors for chronic postsurgical pain in a pediatric sample in Spain with a 24-month follow-up.","authors":"Guillermo Ceniza-Bordallo, Andrés Gómez Fraile, Patricia Martín-Casas, Jennifer A Rabbitts, Rui Li, Tonya M Palermo, Ibai López-de-Uralde-Villanueva","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003330","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Pediatric chronic pain, particularly chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP), poses a significant public health challenge, impacting 20% of pediatric populations. While several presurgical predictors have been identified, there is a scarcity of data on long-term outcomes, especially beyond 1 to 2 years postsurgery. Previous research primarily focuses on North American children, creating gaps in understanding CPSP outcomes in diverse health systems, such as in Spain. This study, registered as NCT04735211, investigates CPSP in 159 children and adolescents (mean age = 12.4 years, 37.1% girls, retention rate = 65%) undergoing various surgeries in Spain. The objectives include examining CPSP prevalence (Numerical Rating Scale ≥ 4) at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, exploring postsurgical pain trajectories through group-based trajectory modeling, and identifying potential presurgical predictors for CPSP (pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, pain anxiety, fear of pain, kinesiophobia, health-related quality of life, pain interference, and physical activity), using multiple logistic regressions. Results show a CPSP prevalence of 41% at 3 months, decreasing to 14% at 24 months. Presurgical factors including pain intensity (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.53), pain catastrophizing (aOR = 1.06, 95% CI = 1.00-1.13), and pain anxiety (aOR = 1.06, 95% CI = 1.02-1.11) were associated with CPSP at 3 months. Group-based trajectory modeling revealed 3 postsurgical pain trajectories: Low Pain with Rapid Recovery Group (30.2%), Moderate Pain with Recovery Group (53.5%), and High Pain with Slow Recovery Group (16.3%), with group differences in presurgical predictors, excluding physical activity. This study contributes valuable insights into CPSP, emphasizing the need for long-term follow-up. The findings could inform the implementation of preventive programs for CPSP into diverse health systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"112-122"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141760259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-07-03DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003329
Jiayi Gong, Kebede Beyene, Amy Hai Yan Chan, Chris Frampton, Peter Jones
{"title":"Persistent opioid use after hospital admission due to trauma: a population-based cohort study.","authors":"Jiayi Gong, Kebede Beyene, Amy Hai Yan Chan, Chris Frampton, Peter Jones","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003329","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003329","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Persistent opioid use (POU) is a common marker of harm related to opioid use after trauma. This study determined the incidence and risk factors for POU after hospitalisation due to trauma in New Zealand, among opioid-naïve patients. This was a population-based, retrospective cohort study, using linked data, involving all trauma patients of any age admitted to all NZ hospitals between 2007 and 2019. We included all patients who received opioids after discharge and were considered opioid naïve, defined as not having received opioids or not having a prior diagnosis of opioid-use disorder up to 365 days preceding the discharge date. The primary outcome was the incidence of POU defined as opioid use after discharge between 91 and 365 days. We used a multivariable logistic regression to identify independent risk factors for POU. A total of 177,200 patients were included in this study. Of these, 15.3% (n = 27,060) developed POU based on criteria used for the primary analysis, with sensitivity analyses showing POU incidence ranging from 14.3% to 0.8%. The opioid exposure risk factors associated with POU included switching between different opioids (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.62; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.51-2.73), prescribed multiple opioids (vs codeine, aOR 1.44; 95% CI 1.37-1.53), slow-release opioid formulations (aOR 1.32; 95% CI 1.26-1.39), and dispensed higher total doses of on the initial discharge prescription (aOR 1.26; 95% CI 1.20-1.33). Overall, 1 in 7 opioid-naïve patients who were exposed to opioids after trauma developed POU. Our findings highlight clinicians should be aware of these factors when continuing opioids on discharge.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"e1-e9"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141538342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003347
Lydia Rader, Tor D Wager, Naomi P Friedman
{"title":"Chronic pain is specifically associated with updating working memory: a longitudinal twin study.","authors":"Lydia Rader, Tor D Wager, Naomi P Friedman","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003347","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003347","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Worse executive function (EF) is associated with chronic pain and could mechanistically contribute to pain chronification. It is unclear whether there is overall impairment in EFs or whether there are impairments in specific cognitive domains. Furthermore, the possible genetic risk underlying these associations has not been tested. Participants were from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin study; 786 same-sex twins completed a battery of EF tasks at ages 23 and/or 28 and 634 of these twins self-reported chronic pain at mean age = 28.1; prevalence = 27.76% using the Brief Pain History Questionnaire. The EF tasks were used to define a Common EF factor and 2 factors specific to updating working memory and shifting mental set. We estimated the phenotypic and genetic associations of stable EF variance across ages 23 and 28, as well as EF variance unique to age 28, with pain. With respect to stable EF variance, pain phenotypically correlated with the Updating-specific factor ( r = -0.21, P = 0.008) but did not significantly correlate with the Common EF factor ( r = -0.06, P = 0.350) nor with the Shifting-specific factor ( r = -0.03, P = 0.709). There were no significant phenotypic correlations between pain and EF variance unique to age 28. A twin model indicated that pain and Updating-specific variance share genetic risk ( r A = -0.46, P = 0.005) but not environmental risk ( r E = 0.05, P = 0.844). Updating working memory shares a phenotypic and genetic relationship with pain in young adults. Impairments in gating or monitoring pain signals may play a mechanistic role in pain development.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"212-221"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-10-18DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003420
Francine Toye, Erin Hannink, Amy Woolverton, Karen L Barker
{"title":"Understanding what it is like to experience pain as you grow up: a poetic meta-ethnography.","authors":"Francine Toye, Erin Hannink, Amy Woolverton, Karen L Barker","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003420","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>A recent Lancet Commission raised concerns about the management of child and adolescent pain. We aimed to undertake a comprehensive review of qualitative research to understand children and adolescent pain experiences across contexts. We used the 7 stages of meta-ethnography to synthesise findings. We combined the strengths of arts-based methods, translating themes into poems in a range of languages. We screened 7471 titles, 464 abstracts, and 302 full texts, including 189 reports (177 unique samples) incorporating 5875 young people. Age range across studies was 2 to 38 years, with 93% including those between the age of 11 and 20 years old. Studies spanned 30 years (1993-2023) with 121 (64%) published in the last 10 years. Almost all (93%) were set-in high-income countries. We report 6 themes focusing on transition to adulthood: (1) I want to stay within the safety of home; (2) don't exclude me from my own care; (3) it might hurt but it's for my own good; (4) I rely on others but I want some independence; (5) I am no longer a child but I am not an adult yet; and (6) I wasn't prepared for the transfer to adult health care. Our findings focus on the complex transition into adulthood and the importance of creating a genuine healthcare partnership with young people by acknowledging their perspectives, creating a safe and supportive environment, and preparing them for the transition to adult pain care. Arts-based methods have the potential to make findings from qualitative evidence syntheses accessible and impactful for compassionate health care.</p>","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":" ","pages":"24-33"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142472173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAIN®Pub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003438
Karen Deborah Davis, Jane Carol Ballantyne
{"title":"The 50th anniversary of PAIN: a celebration and introducing Pain Essays.","authors":"Karen Deborah Davis, Jane Carol Ballantyne","doi":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003438","DOIUrl":"10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003438","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19921,"journal":{"name":"PAIN®","volume":"166 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142838748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}