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dc.contributor.authorStubhaug, Audun
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Johan Andre Liseth
dc.contributor.authorHallberg, Sara
dc.contributor.authorGustavsson, Anders
dc.contributor.authorEggen, Anne Elise
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Christopher Sivert
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-09T08:53:26Z
dc.date.available2024-10-09T08:53:26Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: Chronic pain is a condition with severe impact on many aspects of life, including work, functional ability and quality of life, thereby reducing physical, mental and social well-being. Despite the high prevalence and burden of chronic pain, it has received disproportionally little attention in research and public policy and the societal costs of chronic pain remain largely unknown. This study aimed to describe the long-term healthcare and work absence costs of individuals with and without self-identified chronic pain.<p> <p>Methods: The study population were participants in two Norwegian population health studies (HUNT3 and Tromsø6). Participants were defined as having chronic pain based on a self-reported answer to a question on chronic pain in the health studies in 2008. Individuals in the study population were linked to four national register databases on healthcare resource use and work absence. <p>Results: In our study, 36% (n=63,782) self-reported to have chronic pain and the average years of age was 56.6. The accumulated difference in costs between those with and without chronic pain from 2010 to 2016 was €55,003 (CI: 54,414–55,592) per individual. Extrapolating this to the entire population suggests that chronic pain imposes a yearly burden of 4% of GDP. Eighty per cent of the costs were estimated to be productivity loss. <p>Conclusion: Insights from this study can provide a greater understanding of the extent of healthcare use and productivity loss by those with chronic pain and serve as an important basis for improvements in rehabilitation and quality of care, and the education of the public on the burden of chronic pain. <p>Significance: This was the first study to estimate the economic burden associated with chronic pain in the general population using linked individual-level administrative data and self-reported survey answers. We provide calculations showing that annual costs of chronic pain may be as high as €12 billion or 4% of GDP. Findings from this study highlight the need for a greater understanding of the substantial healthcare use and productivity losses among individuals with chronic pain.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStubhaug, Hansen, Hallberg, Gustavsson, Eggen, Nielsen. The costs of chronic pain - Long‐term estimates. European Journal of Pain. 2024:1-18en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2228975
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ejp.2234
dc.identifier.issn1090-3801
dc.identifier.issn1532-2149
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/35140
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalEuropean Journal of Pain
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleThe costs of chronic pain - Long‐term estimatesen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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