Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Little is known about the treatment Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans receive for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). We sought to describe the prevalence of prescription opioid use, types, and doses of opioids received and to identify correlates of receiving prescription opioids for CNCP among OEF/OIF veterans. ⋯ Prescription opioid use is common among OEF/OIF veterans with CNCP and is associated with several pain diagnoses and medical conditions.
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The aim of this study was to examine the associations between coping and adjustment to chronic pain in a sample of patients from Portugal and to discuss the findings with respect to published findings from two studies using patients from the United States. ⋯ The results support the reliability and validity of the translated Coping Strategies Questionnaire and Chronic Pain Coping Inventory and also indicate a number of similarities, but also some interesting differences, in the findings from the Portuguese vs US samples, suggesting that there may be cultural differences in how people cope with pain.
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The aim of this study was to validate the Pain Impact Questionnaire (PIQ-6) for Portuguese adults with a chronic pain condition. ⋯ The PIQ-6 proved to be equivalent in both cultures (American/Portuguese), and is useful, reliable, and valid for use in Portugal.
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The physiological sensation of pain and rapid response to stimuli serve as an adaptive way to avoid harmful situations. Our purpose was to investigate why this protection disappears or almost disappears for patients with congenital indifference to pain (CIP). ⋯ We speculate that the mutations may be the cause of partial deletion of pain perceptionin in our probands, and the novel polymorphism V1104L may have a predictive role in the pain sensation of healthy individuals.