Open AccessModerate to Severe Osteoarthritis Pain and Its Impact on Patients in the United States: A National Survey
Author(s) -
Patricia Schepman,
Sheena Thakkar,
Rebecca Robinson,
Deepa Malhotra,
Birol Emir,
Craig Beck
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s310368
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoarthritis , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , visual analogue scale , depression (economics) , brief pain inventory , anxiety , mcgill pain questionnaire , chronic pain , alternative medicine , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common causes of chronic pain and a leading cause of disability in the US. The objective of this study was to examine the clinical and economic burden of OA by pain severity.