Little attention has been paid to the symptom management needs of patients with life-
threatening diseases other than cancer. In this study, we aimed to determine to what extent …

The characteristics and impact of pain were evaluated in a prospective cross-sectional
survey of 438 ambulatory AIDS patients recruited from health care facilities in New York City …

To clarify the relationships between physical, and psychosocial components of chronic pain,
a path analytic model was tested conceptualizing self efficacy as a mediator of disability. In …

Background Almost five decades ago, governments around the world adopted the 1961
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which, in addition to addressing the control of illicit …

Pain is highly prevalent in individuals with HIV disease, yet is often overlooked as a
symptom requiring clinical intervention. We evaluated the adequacy of analgesic …

Pain is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), but little is known about
chronic pain in socioeconomically disadvantaged HIV-infected populations with high rates of …

Studies with animal models have suggested that reaction of glia, including microglia and
astrocytes, critically contributes to the development and maintenance of chronic pain …

The study aim was to identify covariates of smoking status and readiness to quit that
encompassed key sociodemographic and health status variables, health-related quality of …

Studies on the psychosocial impact of neuropathic pain conditions, including postherpetic
neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, complex regional pain syndrome, post spinal cord injury …

Ambulatory AIDS patients participating in a quality of life study were recruited for an
assessment of pain syndromes. Of 274 patients with pain, 151 (55%) consented to the …