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Individuals with chronic pain are uniquely challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, as increased stress may exacerbate chronic pain, and there are new barriers to receiving chronic pain treatment. In light of this, using a large online sample in the United States, we examined 1) the early impact of COVID-19 on pain severity, pain interference, and chronic pain management; and 2) variables associated with perceived changes in pain severity and pain interference.

A cross-sectional study.

Online survey data for 1,453 adults with chronic pain were collected via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform.

Although a large proportion of participants reported no perceived changes in their pain severity and pain interference since the outbreak, approximately 25–30% of individuals reported exacerbation in these …