Exploring emotional well-being, spiritual, religious and personal beliefs and telomere length in chronic pain patients-A pilot study with cross-sectional design.

ABSTRACT: Living with chronic pain is associated with substantial suffering and high societal costs. Patient reported outcomes (PROM's) and cellular ageing should be considered in pain management. The aim of this study was to explore correlations of PROM's and cellular ageing (telomere length [TL] and telomerase activity [TA]) amongst patients with chronic non-malignant pain. This was an explorative pilot study with cross-sectional design and recruitment was done at two pain rehabilitation facilities in Sweden, with inpatient setting/integrative care and outpatient setting/multimodal care, respectively. Eighty-four patients were enrolled by referral to pain rehabilitation in Sweden. The main outcome measures collected after admission in addition to TL and TA were the following PROMs: Numerical Ratin

SUBMITTER: Ronne-Petersen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373805 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature