Background It is nearly impossible to overestimate the burden of chronic pain, which is
associated with enormous personal and socioeconomic costs. Chronic pain is the leading …

BACKGROUND: The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a
significant disruption in the care of pain from chronic and subacute conditions. The impact of …

Background: Burnout has been a commonly discussed issue for the past ten years among
physicians and other health care workers. A survey of interventional pain physicians …

Background: As the result of public health authority responses to the COVID-19 pandemic,
pain clinics have had to cease providing in-person appointments to reduce contact between …

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to pain care, as pain clinicians
face severe restrictions in their ability to provide usual in-person assessments and …

Across the world, pain treatment centres have closed their doors. Because of the COVID-19
pandemic, healthcare providers are abruptly changing their care delivery to protect patients …

Chronic pain management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a
challenging process, especially with growing evidence that COVID-19 infection is …

Chronic pain causes significant suffering, limitation of daily activities and reduced quality of
life. Infection from COVID‐19 is responsible for an ongoing pandemic that causes severe …

Although pain treatment has been described as a fundamental human right, the Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced healthcare systems worldwide to redistribute …

The highly unpleasant, recurrent, and generally non-lifethreatening nature of pain will often
afford patients both the time and impetus to self-initiate searches for optimal management …