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The Timing of Onset of Pain and Substance Use Disorders
Author(s) -
Ilgen Mark A.,
Perron Brian,
Czyz Ewa K.,
McCammon Ryan J.,
Trafton Jodie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00065.x
Subject(s) - chronic pain , comorbidity , national comorbidity survey , psychiatry , medicine , substance abuse , age of onset , substance use , replication (statistics) , clinical psychology , disease , virology
Using data from the National Comorbidity Survey—Replication, this study examined the timing of onset of self‐report comorbid chronic nonarthritis pain and substance use disorders (SUDs) and characteristics associated with different onset patterns. Most individuals (58.2%; N = 351/632) report that the SUD preceded the onset of pain. Relative to those with SUDs prior to the onset of chronic pain, those experiencing pain first were less likely to have a drug use disorder, more likely to have head pain, to be younger at the onset of the first condition, and to have a shorter duration between condition onsets. (Am J Addict 2010;00:1–7)