Factors important for health-related quality of life in men and women
1. This cross-sectional study found that physical activity, employment, pain, and sense of control were the most important factors that ...
Tag: pain
Cognitive behavioural therapy effective for fibromyalgia pain
1. This randomized controlled trial found that an 8-week cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention was more effective than fibromyalgia (FM) ...
NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 reduces acute post-operative pain
1. In this randomized controlled trial, the elective NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 reduced acute pain over 48 hours following abdominoplasty and ...
Topical tranexamic acid may be an effective adjunctive analgesic post hip arthroplasty
1. In this prospective randomized controlled study, pain scores for the topical tranexamic acid (TXA) group on the first day ...
Virtual reality may decrease procedural distress in pediatric IV placement
1. In a single-center randomized control trial, young children in the pediatric emergency room who participated in a virtual reality ...
Auricular acupressure may improve sleep quality in elderly populations
1. In this randomized, single-blinded, pretest-posttest study, auricular acupressure provided improved sleep quality and objective polysomnography measures amongst elderly people ...
Medical cannabis provides little improvement to sleep in chronic pain patients
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, medical cannabis and cannabinoids versus placebo were found to provide a small increase ...
Changes in opioid or nonopioid pain treatments not attributable to state opioid prescribing laws
1. No changes in opioid or nonopioid pain prescribing patterns were attributable to state laws. 2. State laws were associated ...
Pain may be greater driver for suicidal behavior in youths and young adults than prescription opioids
1. Initiating a prescription opioid is associated with a more than doubled risk of suicidal behavior in adolescents and young ...
Pain and sleep may have a bidirectional causal relationship
1. Genetic proxy to insomnia was a risk factor and increased the odds of reporting pain amongst patients in this ...