A Painful Reality Check? Examining the Accuracy of Subjective Survival Probabilities by Pain Interference and Depression Status.

Purpose: Pain and depression are linked to higher mortality risk and lower subjective survival probabilities (SSPs). We examine if SSPs for individuals with pain and depression match their actual lifespans.

Methods: Using data on 12,745 Health and Retirement Study respondents aged 57-89 in 2000 with follow-up through 2018, we assessed whether respondents' SSPs were "correct," "underestimated," or "overestimated" relative to their lifespans.

Does Pain Explain Trends in Disability? An Analysis of Middle-Aged and Older U.S. Adults, 2002-2018.

Objectives: This article investigates the role of pain in disability trends in the United States, within the context of recent unfavorable disability trends and the concurrent rise in pain.

Methods: We conducted a 2-part analysis using National Health Interview Survey data from 2002 to 2018 for U.S.

Is the relationship between chronic pain and mortality causal? A propensity score analysis.

Chronic pain is a serious and prevalent condition that can affect many facets of life. However, uncertainty remains regarding the strength of the association between chronic pain and death and whether the association is causal. We investigate the pain-mortality relationship using data from 19,971 participants aged 51+ years in the 1998 wave of the U.

Methods for pragmatic randomized clinical trials of pain therapies: IMMPACT statement.

Pragmatic, randomized, controlled trials hold the potential to directly inform clinical decision making and health policy regarding the treatment of people experiencing pain. Pragmatic trials are designed to replicate or are embedded within routine clinical care and are increasingly valued to bridge the gap between trial research and clinical practice, especially in multidimensional conditions, such as pain and in nonpharmacological intervention research. To maximize the potential of pragmatic trials in pain research, the careful consideration of each methodological decision is required.

The geography of arthritis-attributable pain outcomes: a county-level spatial analysis.

Research on the geographic distribution of pain and arthritis outcomes, especially at the county level, is limited. This is a high-priority topic, however, given the heterogeneity of subnational and substate regions and the importance of county-level governments in shaping population health. Our study provides the most fine-grained picture to date of the geography of pain in the United States.