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      The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review :

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          Chronic and recurrent pain not associated with a disease is very common in childhood and adolescence, but studies of pain prevalence have yielded inconsistent findings. This systematic review examined studies of chronic and recurrent pain prevalence to provide updated aggregated prevalence rates. The review also examined correlates of chronic and recurrent pain such as age, sex, and psychosocial functioning. Studies of pain prevalence rates in children and adolescents published in English or French between 1991 and 2009 were identified using EMBASE, Medline, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases. Of 185 published papers yielded by the search, 58 met inclusion criteria and were reviewed, and 41 were included in the review. Two independent reviewers screened papers for inclusion, extracted data, and assessed the quality of studies. Prevalence rates ranged substantially, and were as follows: headache: 8-83%; abdominal pain: 4-53%; back pain: 14-24%; musculoskeletal pain: 4-40%; multiple pains: 4-49%; other pains: 5-88%. Pain prevalence rates were generally higher in girls and increased with age for most pain types. Lower socioeconomic status was associated with higher pain prevalence especially for headache. Most studies did not meet quality criteria. Copyright © 2011 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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          Pain
          Pain
          Elsevier BV
          0304-3959
          2011
          December 2011
          : 152
          : 12
          : 2729-2738
          Article
          10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.016
          22078064
          c4f561d6-09e0-405f-815c-38529c9eb388
          © 2011
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