Cohort profile: DOLORisk Dundee: a longitudinal study of chronic neuropathic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Neuropathic pain is a common disorder of the somatosensory system that affects 7%-10% of the general population. The disorder places a large social and economic burden on patients as well as healthcare services. However, not everyone with a relevant underlying aetiology develops corresponding pain. DOLORisk Dundee, a European Union-funded cohort, part of the multicentre DOLORisk consortium, was set up to increase current understanding of this variation in onset. In particular, the cohort will allow exploration of psychosocial, clinical and genetic predictors of neuropathic pain onset.

Participants

DOLORisk Dundee has been constructed by rephenotyping two pre-existing Scottish population cohorts for neuropathic pain using a standardised 'core' study protocol: Genetics

SUBMITTER: Hebert HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103377 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature