Pain Research and Management (Jan 1996)

Sex Differences in Predictors of Response to Multidisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Pain

  • John W Burns,
  • Barbara J Johnson,
  • Neil Mahoney,
  • Martha Derleth,
  • Ronald Pawl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1996/929485
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 3
pp. 149 – 154

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Multidisciplinary programs for treatment of chronic pain are generally effective, yet many patients fail to show significant improvement. The search for predictors of outcome has not explicitly considered sex.