Hypertension prevalence in patients attending tertiary pain management services, a registry-based Australian cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Persistent pain and hypertension often co-occur, and share several biological and lifestyle risk factors. The present study aimed to provide insight into the prevalence of, and factors associated with, hypertension in the largest cohort of patients seeking treatment in 43 tertiary pain clinics in Australia. Adults aged > = 18 years registered to the electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration registry between 2013 and 2018 were included if they had persistent non-cancer pain (N = 43,789). Risk Ratios (RRs) compared prevalence of self-reported hypertension with the general and primary care Australian populations, and logistic regression examined factors associated with hypertension. One in four (23.9%) patients had hypertension, which was higher than the Australian adult population (2

SUBMITTER: Giummarra MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980551 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature