Chronic pain is often defined as pain that occurs constantly

Last updated: 11/17/2023

Chronic pain is often defined as pain that occurs constantly and flares up frequently is not caused by cancer and is experienced at least once a month for a 1 year period of time Many articles have been written about the relationship between chronic pain and the age of the patient In a survey conducted on behalf of the American Chronic Pain Association in 2004 a random cross section of 800 adults who suffer from chronic pain found that 424 of the 800 participants in the survey were above the age of 50 Place a 95 confidence interval on the proportion of persons suffering from chronic pain that are over 50 years of age 0 405 0 601 O 0 495 0 565 O 0 361 0 631 O 0 452 0 542