Authors
Rolf-Detlef Treede, Winfried Rief, Antonia Barke, Qasim Aziz, Michael I Bennett, Rafael Benoliel, Milton Cohen, Stefan Evers, Nanna B Finnerup, Michael B First, Maria Adele Giamberardino, Stein Kaasa, Eva Kosek, Patricia Lavand'homme, Michael Nicholas, Serge Perrot, Joachim Scholz, Stephan Schug, Blair H Smith, Peter Svensson, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Shuu-Jiun Wang
Publication date
2015/6/1
Source
Pain
Volume
156
Issue
6
Pages
1003-1007
Publisher
LWW
Description
Chronic pain has been recognized as pain that persists past normal healing time 5 and hence lacks the acute warning function of physiological nociception. 35 Usually pain is regarded as chronic when it lasts or recurs for more than 3 to 6 months. 29 Chronic pain is a frequent condition, affecting an estimated 20% of people worldwide 6, 13, 14, 18 and accounting for 15% to 20% of physician visits. 25, 28 Chronic pain should receive greater attention as a global health priority because adequate pain treatment is a human right, and it is the duty of any health care system to provide it. 4, 13
The current version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) includes some diagnostic codes for chronic pain conditions, but these diagnoses do not reflect the actual epidemiology of chronic pain, nor are they categorized in a systematic manner. The ICD is the preeminent tool for …
Scholar articles
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