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Lifestyle and Psychological Issues

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Chronic Pain

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Practice ((CCP))

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Key Chapter Points:

  • Obesity, nicotine use, sleep disturbance, and psychological distress have all been linked to increased pain occurrence and severity.

  • Nicotine use and sleep deprivation have been linked to reduce response to analgesic effects from pain medications.

  • Weight reduction effectively reduces chronic pain complaints.

  • Insomnia affects half of chronic pain patients and is linked to increased pain-related disability and depression.

  • About half of chronic pain patients treated at specialty clinics and 25% treated through primary care have depression. Anxiety similarly affects about half of chronic pain patients treated at specialty clinics. Psychological distress predicts the development and persistence of chronic pain.

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Marcus, D.A. (2009). Lifestyle and Psychological Issues. In: Chronic Pain. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-465-4_18

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