Publications by authors named "C Groenewald"
Background: Adolescent chronic pain is a substantial public health problem, and pain symptoms often persist into adulthood. Young adults with chronic pain are at elevated risk for more frequent tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use, and cross-sectional research highlights the importance of psychosocial vulnerability factors. Limited research has examined how adolescent predictors, including mental health symptoms, pain, sleep and family functioning, impact later, young adult substance use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Opioids are effective for acute pain management following surgery among adolescents, yet are associated with significant negative consequences, including respiratory depression and opioid misuse. Sleep deficiency is common following surgery and extant research indicates strong cross-sectional associations between sleep deficiency and increased problematic opioid use.
Objective: This study examined longitudinal associations between postsurgical sleep deficiency and opioid use among adolescents undergoing outpatient surgery.
Article Synopsis
- Major changes in sleep patterns during adolescence include a shift to later sleep and wake times, which may affect pain experiences in this age group.
- A study analyzed data from nearly 6,000 adolescents to explore how their sleep preferences (chronotype) influenced the onset of pain over a year.
- Results showed that those with later chronotypes had a significantly higher likelihood of developing pain, including moderate-to-severe and multiregion pain, suggesting a connection between sleep patterns and pain incidence.
Introduction: This study provides national estimates of parental perceived child sexual orientation or gender minority (SGM) discrimination and examines associations between SGM discrimination and chronic pain in children.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of the 2020 and 2021 National Survey of Children's Health (N=47,213). Caregivers of children ages 6-17 years old reported whether their child had ever been treated or judged unfairly (i.