Genome-wide dna methylation study identifies significant epigenomic changes associated with internalized stigma in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain

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For years, non-specific chronic low back pain (cLBP) has been a leading contributor to years lived with disability worldwide, representing about 90% of all cLBP cases. Chronic pain patients with internalized stigma report a sense of worthlessness and feelings that "others don`t believe that pain is real and attribute pain to drug seeking, laziness, or mental problems". Studies have shown that experiences of internalized stigma are associated with symptoms of insomnia, depressive symptoms, and pain symptoms in vulnerable populations, partly because people conceal stigma. Internalized stigma and the associated chronic pain-related . . .

 



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