Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a variable effect on vulnerable populations,
including patients with chronic pain who rely on opioid treatment or have comorbid opioid …

Background Pain catastrophizing, or the interpretation of pain as unbearable or intolerable,
can increase pain-related anxiety and severity. High levels of pain catastrophizing have also …

Difficulties with pain-specific emotion regulation (ER; eg, pain catastrophizing, pain
acceptance) are associated with poor pain outcomes. Less is known about how general ER …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively affected children's
health in the United States (US), with more severe disruption for marginalized groups …

Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted alongside the Quebec Low Back Pain
Study. Starting in April 2020 and every 3 months until July 2022, 291 participants completed …

Crowdsourcing tasks have been widely used to collect a large number of human labels at
scale. While some of these tasks are deployed by requesters and performed only once by …

Experiences of discrimination, a notable psychosocial stressor, are considered an important
risk factor for problematic opioid use. We examined whether pain severity, pain interference …

Pain is a major health issue for healthcare systems, and access to pain treatment is a
fundamental human right. Pain is a common symptom experienced in the post-COVID phase …

Objective: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-
20 Item (TAS-20) and the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) in adults with chronic pain …

Physical pain is highly prevalent among military veterans. As stress can impact pain, COVID-
19-related stressors may have heightened pain among veterans. A prospective analysis of …