MedPage Today April 13, 2023
— Nearly 7% have pain severe enough to restrict daily activities
Chronic pain continued to affect more than one in five U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed.
During 2021, an estimated 51.6 million adults (20.9%) had chronic pain lasting 3 months or longer, and 17.1 million (6.9%) had high-impact chronic pain — pain severe enough to restrict daily activities — reported S. Michaela Rikard, PhD, of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and co-authors.
Pain prevalence was higher in adults who were American Indian or Alaska Native, who identified as bisexual, or who were divorced or separated, the researchers said in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
“Clinicians, practices, health systems, and payers should vigilantly attend to...
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