Adverse childhood experiences in parents of youth with chronic pain: prevalence and comparison with a community-based sample.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common occurrences that are related to poor health outcomes, including chronic pain, in youth and adults. Research suggests that children of parents exposed to ACEs are also at risk of poor outcomes. However, little is known about the risk that ACEs confer for chronic pain across generations. Parent ACEs may play an important role in pediatric chronic pain, given their association with key parent factors (eg, mental and physical health).

Objectives

This study evaluated the prevalence of ACEs in parents of youth with chronic pain and compared these rates to a community-based sample.

Methods

One hundred seventy parents of youth (aged 10-18 years) with chronic pain, recruited from a tertiary-level chronic pain program

SUBMITTER: Beveridge JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593065 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature