Chronic musculoskeletal pain is defined as pain lasting three months or more, affecting muscles, joints, or bones. Signs and Symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
Secondary analysis of pre-existing, anonymised, and routinely collected clinical data. This study aims to use previously collected data from the Paediatric Chronic Pain Team in West Sussex which is a
Sponsors
University of Southampton
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children and young people aged under 18 years 2. Assessment by the Paediatric Chronic Pain Team in West Sussex 3. A diagnosis of chronic primary musculoskeletal pain or chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain 4. Pain duration of more than three months 5. For chronic secondary pain, pain that can be related to an identifiable underlying medical condition 6. For chronic primary pain, pain that is not accounted for by another condition and for which there is no clear underlying medical cause 7. Assessment occurring within the 11-year study period covered by the dataset
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children who are not living in the county of West Sussex, including those resident in bordering counties such as Hampshire, Surrey, or East Sussex 2. Children who have previously been assessed by the Paediatric Chronic Pain Team for the same presenting problem 3. Children who require further medical investigation at the time of assessment 4. Children who no longer have musculoskeletal pain at the time of assessment
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactRhiannon Joslin
Outcome results
None listed