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

• 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.

Ämnesord

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)

Nyckelord

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

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