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The association of sexual trauma with persistent pain in a sample of women veterans receiving primary care.

TitleThe association of sexual trauma with persistent pain in a sample of women veterans receiving primary care.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsHaskell, Sally G., Rebecca K. Papas, Alicia Heapy, M. C. Reid, and Robert D. Kerns
JournalPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
Volume9
Issue6
Pagination710-7
Date Published2008 Sep
ISSN1526-4637
KeywordsAdult, Aged, Association, Chronic Disease, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Military Personnel, Pain, Pain Measurement, Primary Health Care, Sex Factors, Sex Offenses, Sexual Harassment, United States, Veterans, Women's Health
AbstractWomen veterans report high rates of persistent pain and high rates of sexual trauma. We sought to determine whether the presence and intensity of persistent pain, as well as level of pain-related interference, in the VA Connecticut Women's Clinic population was positively associated with reports of sexual trauma.
Alternate JournalPain Med

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