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Exploring the Effect of Pain Sensitive Questionnaire on Guiding Intravenous Analgesia After Cesarean Section: A Randomised Double Blind Controlled Trial.

This study investigates the effect of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) in guiding patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) on postoperative analgesia in women undergoing cesarean section.

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“Buprenorphine, It Works so Differently”: Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Describe Transitioning to Buprenorphine for Treatment of Chronic Pain.

A growing body of literature describes the use of buprenorphine for the treatment of chronic pain in people with sickle cell disease. The experiences of people with sickle cell disease […]

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Soreness Reminds Me of Grief: Patients with Chronic Pain Show Less Differentiated Representations of Emotional Feelings and Bodily States.

People experience similarities between emotional feelings and bodily states on a daily basis, but both the magnitude and pervasiveness of this experiential similarity varies across individuals. Inspired by previous findings […]

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Depression and anxiety mediate the relationship between illness representations and perceived distress in patients with chronic pain.

Illness representations explain the individual’s perception and processing of health-related information. In a chronic condition such as persistent pain, illness representations might influence treatment adherence and outcome. This study aims […]

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Grieving “The Death of Possibility”: Memorable Messages of (Dis)Enfranchised Loss in Invisible, Physical Illness.

Guided by theories of communicative disenfranchisement (TCD) and memorable messages (ToMM), this study analyzes 60 open-ended survey responses detailing experiences of grief following the onset of invisible, physical illness (e.g. […]

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The thalamic reticular nucleus-lateral habenula circuit regulates depressive-like behaviors in chronic stress and chronic pain.

Chronic stress and chronic pain are two major predisposing factors to trigger depression. Enhanced excitatory input to the lateral habenula (LHb) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression. However, […]

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Resilience to Pain-Related Depression in σ Receptor Knockout Mice Is Associated with the Reversal of Pain-Induced Brain Changes in Affect-Related Genes.

Mice lacking the σ receptor chaperone (σR) are resilient to depressive-like behaviors secondary to neuropathic pain. Examining the resilience’s brain mechanisms could help develop conceptually novel therapeutic strategies. We explored […]

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Widespread pain with nociplastic features is an independent predictor of low physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis.

Exploring the relationship between underlying pain mechanism and physical activity could inform interventions to optimize physical activity in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). This cross-sectional nationwide survey examined whether pain […]

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C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with chronic pain independently of biopsychosocial factors.

Inflammation is linked with chronic pain but the extent to which this relationship is associated with biopsychosocial factors is not known. We investigated relationships between blood C-reactive protein (CRP) and […]

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Sensitivity and specificity of a neuropathic screening tool (Self-report Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs, S-LANSS) in adolescents with moderate-severe chronic pain.

Neuropathic screening tools improve recognition of neuropathic pain in adults. Although utilized in pediatric populations, the sensitivity, specificity and methodology of screening tool delivery have not been compared in children. […]

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