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ScienceDaily: Workplace Health News

ScienceDaily: Workplace Health News


Persistent pain estimated in 19 percent of U.S. Adults

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 07:02 AM PDT

39 million people in the United States, or 19 percent have persistent pain, and the incidence varies according to age and gender, a new study reports. The authors noted that persistent pain correlated with other indices of health-related quality of life, such as anxiety, depression and fatigue. Individuals with those conditions were far more likely to report persistent pain.

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