Chronic pain and health-related quality of life in women with autism And/or ADHD: A prospective longitudinal study

Asztély, KarinGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine (author)

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of chronic pain and its association with healthrelated quality of life (HRQoL) in a group of women, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in childhood. Patients and methods: Prospective longitudinal 16-19 years follow-up study of 100 Swedish females diagnosed with ASD and/or ADHD in childhood/adolescence. Seventyseven of the women were included in the current sub-study, using validated measures of pain perception and quality of life. Results: A large majority of the women (76.6%) reported chronic pain. HRQoL was low overall and lower still for those reporting chronic pain. Women with ADHD who had ongoing treatment with stimulants reported a significant lower prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) than those not treated. Conclusion: Comorbidity with chronic pain is common in women with ASD and/or ADHD and important to address in the clinic since it is associated with an already low HRQoL. Treatment for ADHD might reduce the pain in some cases. © 2019 Asztély et al.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Psykiatri hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Psychiatry hsv//eng
MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper Neurovetenskaper hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Basic Medicine Neurosciences hsv//eng
Attention deficit disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Female
Girls
Stimulants
Widespread pain
central stimulant agent
adult
analgesia
arm pain
Article
autism
child
chronic pain
cohort analysis
comorbidity
disease association
follow up
foot pain
hand pain
headache
health education
high risk patient
hip pain
human
knee pain
longitudinal study
low back pain
major clinical study
neck pain
nociception
outcome assessment
pain assessment
prevalence
prospective study
quality of life
risk reduction
shoulder pain
stomach pain
Swedish citizen
thorax pain

Kopp, Svenny,1948Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillbergcentrum,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre(Swepub:gu)xkopsv (author)
Gillberg, Christopher,1950Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi,Gillbergcentrum,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology,Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre(Swepub:gu)xgilch (author)
Waern, Margda,1955Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry(Swepub:gu)xwaema (author)
Bergman, StefanGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine(Swepub:gu)xberst (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Asztély, Karin; Kopp, Svenny, 19 ...; Gillberg, Christ ...; Waern, Margda, 1 ...; Bergman, Stefan

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