No man is an island: living in a disadvantaged neighborhood influences chronic pain development after motor vehicle collision.

ABSTRACT: Living in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood has been shown to alter stress system function and is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes, but its influence on musculoskeletal pain (MSP) outcomes after traumatic stress exposures such as motor vehicle collision (MVC) has not been assessed. We performed a multicenter, prospective study that enrolled 948 European-American individuals within 24 hours of MVC who were discharged home after emergency department evaluation. Follow-up evaluations were completed via telephone or Internet survey 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 year after MVC on 91%, 89%, and 91% of participants, respectively. A robust aggregate measure of census tract neighborhood disadvantage was derived, and individual-level characteristics assessed included socioecono

SUBMITTER: Ulirsch JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4197076 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature