Fibromyalgia

W Häuser, J Ablin, MA Fitzcharles, G Littlejohn… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015 - nature.com
Fibromyalgia is a common illness characterized by chronic widespread pain, sleep
problems (including unrefreshing sleep), physical exhaustion and cognitive difficulties. The …

Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries

R Gilbert, CS Widom, K Browne, D Fergusson, E Webb… - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Child maltreatment remains a major public-health and social-welfare problem in high-
income countries. Every year, about 4–16% of children are physically abused and one in ten …

Central changes associated with chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis

J Brawn, M Morotti, KT Zondervan… - Human reproduction …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a significant public health problem with 1
million affected women in the UK. Although many pathologies are associated with CPP, the …

When emotional pain becomes physical: adverse childhood experiences, pain, and the role of mood and anxiety disorders

NJ Sachs‐Ericsson, JL Sheffler… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We examined the association between retrospective reports of adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) and painful medical conditions. We also examined the mediating and …

Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in fibromyalgia syndrome: A systematic review with meta‐analysis

W Häuser, M Kosseva, N Üceyler, P Klose… - Arthritis care & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To systematically assess the potential association of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)
with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Methods The databases EMBase, Google …

Cumulative childhood adversity as a risk factor for common chronic pain conditions in young adults

DS You, S Albu, H Lisenbardt, MW Meagher - Pain Medicine, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective Multiple and specific types of childhood adverse events are risk factors for chronic
pain conditions. Although both can covary, no study has evaluated one aspect while …

Childhood abuse, chronic pain, and depression in the National Comorbidity Survey

N Sachs-Ericsson, K Kendall-Tackett, A Hernandez - Child abuse & neglect, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The current study examined the effects of childhood sexual and physical abuse
on reports of pain in men and women (N= 1,727). METHODS: Data from the National …

Sequelae of prospective versus retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences

J Hardt, P Vellaisamy, I Schoon - Psychological reports, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Retrospective assessment of adverse childhood experiences is widely used in research,
although there are concerns about its validity. In particular, recall bias is assumed to …

How adverse childhood experiences relate to single and multiple health risk behaviours in German public university students: a cross-sectional analysis

J Wiehn, C Hornberg, F Fischer - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been shown to be linked
to health risk behaviours (HRBs). This study aims to identify risk factors for ACEs and to …

Post-traumatic stress disorder moderates the relation between documented childhood victimization and pain 30 years later

KG Raphael, CS Widom - PAIN®, 2011 - Elsevier
Cross-sectional designs and self-reports of maltreatment characterize nearly all the literature
on childhood abuse or neglect and pain in adulthood, limiting potential for causal inference …