Revista de saúde pública
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Revista de saúde pública · Nov 2017
Prevalence and clinical profile of chronic pain and its association with mental disorders.
To identify the prevalence of 12-month self-reported pain and chronic pain in a general population and to describe their clinical profile to assess if chronic pain is associated with 12-month mental disorders. ⋯ A high prevalence of chronic pain in multiple sites is observed among the general adult population, and associations between chronic pain and mental disorders are frequent.