2014
Racial Differences in Prescription of Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Noncancer Pain in a National Sample of Veterans
Burgess DJ, Nelson DB, Gravely AA, Bair MJ, Kerns RD, Higgins DM, van Ryn M, Farmer M, Partin MR. Racial Differences in Prescription of Opioid Analgesics for Chronic Noncancer Pain in a National Sample of Veterans. Journal Of Pain 2014, 15: 447-455. PMID: 24440840, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.12.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic noncancer painPain intensity ratingsPrescription of opioidsNoncancer painOpioid prescriptionsRacial differencesVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemIntensity ratingsElectronic medical record dataRetrospective cohort studyPain intensity scoresPrimary care patientsMedical record dataYears of agePossible racial differencesHealth care facilitiesSignificant racial differencesSystem-level factorsHealth care systemPatients 65Cohort studyJoint painPatient ageCare patientsOpioid analgesics
2005
Identification of subgroups of persons with chronic pain based on profiles on the pain stages of change questionnaire
Kerns RD, Wagner J, Rosenberg R, Haythornthwaite J, Caudill-Slosberg M. Identification of subgroups of persons with chronic pain based on profiles on the pain stages of change questionnaire. Pain 2005, 116: 302-310. PMID: 15985332, DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2005.04.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAnalysis of VarianceAttitude to HealthChronic DiseaseCluster AnalysisCognitive Behavioral TherapyCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPainPain ManagementPain MeasurementPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSelf CareSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsChronic painPain StagesChange QuestionnaireMeasures of painYears of ageSelf-management approachIdentification of subgroupsPrimary complaintPain AttitudesPainTreatment approachesScale scoreFirst studySubscale scoresDiscriminant function analysisFirst discriminant function analysisScoresValid measureReliable subgroupsSubgroupsQuestionnaire