Co-occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD Among US Military Veterans: Prevalence, Correlates, and Functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of co-occurring chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has yet to be established in a nationally representative sample of US veterans, and little is known about the individual contributing roles of these disorders to the psychiatric and functional burden of this comorbidity.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of chronic pain, PTSD, and co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD, and psychiatric comorbidities and psychosocial functioning in these groups.

Design

Data were analyzed from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, which surveyed a nationally representative sample of US veterans.

Participants

Veterans (n=4069) were classified into four groups: control (i.e., no PTSD or chronic pain), chronic pain only, P

SUBMITTER: Reed DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11306465 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature