Sammanfattning
INTERPRETATION : Chronification of pain appears to be related to childhood trauma.
RESULTS : 44% of the patients reported serious trauma long before the development of pain.
MATERIAL AND METHODS : The case histories of 100 patients evaluated by the multidisciplinary pain clinic team at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway were examined.
BACKGROUND : Chronic pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Medical intervention has often little effect.