Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Meta Analysis
Chronic Pain in HIV-Infected Patients: Relationship to Depression, Substance Use, and Mental Health and Pain Treatment.
As the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV has become a chronic disease for most individuals in developed countries. Chronic pain is a common occurrence for HIV-infected patients and has an impact on quality of life and antiretroviral adherence. The objective of this study was to examine relationships between chronic pain and depression, substance use, mental health treatment, and pain treatment in HIV-infected patients. ⋯ Despite pharmacologic treatment, moderate-severe chronic pain and elevated depression symptoms are common among HIV-infected patients and frequently co-occur.
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Clinical Trial
Pretreatment anxiety and pain acceptance are associated with response to trigger point injection therapy for chronic myofascial pain.
This study examined the psychosocial profile of patients who responded or did not respond to trigger point injection therapy for chronic myofascial pain. ⋯ These results suggest that responses to interventional pain management in chronic myofascial paraspinous pain may be influenced by psychological characteristics, especially pretreatment anxiety.