Self-Reported Pain Treatment Practices Among U.S. and Canadian Adults: Findings From a Population Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Pain treatments and their efficacy have been studied extensively. Yet surprisingly little is known about the types of treatments, and combinations of treatments, that community-dwelling adults use to manage pain, as well as how treatment types are associated with individual characteristics and national-level context. To fill this gap, we evaluated self-reported pain treatment types among community-dwelling adults in the United States and Canada. We also assessed how treatment types correlate with individuals' pain levels, sociodemographic characteristics, and country of residence, and identified unique clusters of adults in terms of treatment combinations.

Research design and methods

We used the 2020 "Recovery and Resilience" United States-Canada ge

SUBMITTER: Zajacova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714903 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature