Chronic pain: definitions and diagnosis

Youngjoo Kang¹, Louise Trewern², John Jackman³, David McCartney⁴, Anushka Soni⁵

Affiliations

¹ Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK.
² Live Well With Pain Team, UK.
³ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford.
⁵ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences/Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford.

PMID: 37369384
DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076036

Chronic pain: definitions and diagnosis

Youngjoo Kang et al. BMJ. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 27:381:e076036.

doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076036.

Authors

Youngjoo Kang¹, Louise Trewern², John Jackman³, David McCartney⁴, Anushka Soni⁵

Affiliations

¹ Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK.
² Live Well With Pain Team, UK.
³ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford, UK.
⁴ Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford.
⁵ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences/Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford.

PMID: 37369384
DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076036

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none.

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Chronic pain: a flawed and harmful dichotomisation.
Dean BJF. Dean BJF. BMJ. 2023 Aug 22;382:1890. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1890. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37607741 No abstract available.
Chronic pain management focuses on the individual, not on the pain.
Frank AO. Frank AO. BMJ. 2023 Aug 22;382:1859. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1859. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37607745 No abstract available.
Chronic pain: a silent killer.
Wood NAE. Wood NAE. BMJ. 2023 Aug 22;382:1848. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1848. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37607755 No abstract available.
Chronic primary pain isn't a primary diagnosis.
Mann N. Mann N. BMJ. 2023 Aug 23;382:1899. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1899. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37611950 No abstract available.
Chronic pain is not merely a physical sensation.
Bray J. Bray J. BMJ. 2023 Aug 24;382:1902. doi: 10.1136/bmj.p1902. BMJ. 2023. PMID: 37619998 No abstract available.

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