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Age Differences in the Quality of Chronic Pain: A Preliminary Study
Author(s) -
Lucia Gagliese,
Ronald Melzack
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/1997/709054
Subject(s) - chronic pain , visual analogue scale , mcgill pain questionnaire , intensity (physics) , beck depression inventory , rating scale , physical therapy , medicine , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics , physics , quantum mechanics
BACKGROUND: Recent studies of the relationship between age and the intensity of chronic pain report increases, decreases or no change in pain intensity as a function of age. These inconsistencies may be due in part to the pain assessment tools employed and their appropriateness with different age groups

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