The epidemiology of back pain and its relationship with depression, psychosis, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and stress sensitivity: Data from 43 low- and middle-income countries

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8718550	General Hospital Psychiatry	2016	30 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Our data establish that BP is associated with elevated mental health comorbidity in LMICs. Integrated interventions that address back pain and metal health comorbidities might be an important next step to tackle this considerable burden.

Keywords

Anxiety Depression Mental illness Stress sensitivity chronic back pain Psychosis Mental health Sleep problems Low- and middle-income countries Back pain

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The epidemiology of back pain and its relationship with depression, psychosis, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and stress sensitivity: Data from 43 low- and middle-income countries

Authors

Brendon Stubbs, Ai Koyanagi, Trevor Thompson, Nicola Veronese, Andre F. Carvalho, Marco Solomi, James Mugisha, Patricia Schofield, Theodore Cosco, Nicky Wilson, Davy Vancampfort,