Medically unexplained pain and suicidal ideation among US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain is an established risk factor for suicide. Pain syndromes are complex to diagnose, particularly in cases with limited evidence of injury or pathology. The goal of this study is to assess whether pain of unknown origin (i.e., medically-unexplained pain, MUEP) is more strongly associated with suicide behaviors than pain with a diagnostic explanation.

Methods

Data comes from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication, a nationally-representative sample of US adults. Analysis was limited to participants with a lifetime history of any type of chronic pain (n = 3421), which were categorized as having medically-explained pain (MEP, e.g., pain due to a specific health condition or resulting from an injury identified in an x-ray) or MUEP. Logistic regression,

SUBMITTER: Redding A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11444247 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature