Living with disabling chronic pain: results from a face-to-face cross-sectional population-based study.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of disabling chronic pain (DCP) in Spanish adults, to analyse its characteristics, to determine its multimorbidity and to identify its associated factors.

Settings: 2011 Andalusian Health Survey, a cross-sectional population survey based on face-to-face home interviews.

Participants: 6507 people aged 16 years or older and living in Andalusia, Spain.

[Group intervention from a sensorimotor approach to reduce the intensity of chronic pain].

Objective: To assess the effectiveness, on people with chronic pain, of an intervention (Time In) designed to reduce pain and to improve psychological symptoms.

Design: A randomized clinical trial with a control group, taking three measurements over three months.

Setting: Granada, Spain.

[Impact of disabling chronic pain: results of a cross-sectional population study with face-to-face interview].

Objective: To assess the impact of disabling chronic pain (DCP) on quality of life, work, consumption of medication and usage of health services.

Design: Cross-sectional population study with face-to-face interview.

Setting: Andalusian Health Survey (2011 edition).