Estimating the longitudinal association between pain characteristics and clinical outcomes in young people with mental ill-health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental ill-health has a major impact on young people, with pain often co-occurring. We estimated the prevalence and impact of pain in young people with mental ill-health.

Methods

Longitudinal data (baseline and three-month follow-up) of 1,107 Australian young people (aged 12-25 years) attending one of five youth mental health services. Multi-level linear mixed models estimated associations between pain characteristics (frequency, intensity, and limitations) and outcomes with false discovery rate (FDR) adjustment. Pain characteristics were baseline-centered to estimate if the baseline score (between-participant effect) and/or change from baseline (within-participant effect) was associated with outcomes.

Results

At baseline, 16% reported serious

SUBMITTER: Oosterwijk VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12341028 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature