TY - JOUR
T1 - Child Maltreatment, Chronic Pain, and Other Chronic Health Conditions in Youth in Foster Care
AU - Huffhines, Lindsay
AU - Jackson, Yo
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, RO1 Grant MH079252-03 to Yo Jackson, Principal Investigator, as well as funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, F31 grant 1F31HD088020-01A1 awarded to Lindsay Huffhines.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, RO1 Grant MH079252-03 to Yo Jackson, Principal Investigator, as well as funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, F31 grant 1F31HD088020-01A1 awarded to Lindsay Huffhines.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Childhood maltreatment is associated with chronic pain in adults. The goals of this study were 1) to examine this relation in youth placed in foster care with high levels of maltreatment exposure, and 2) to investigate the relation between maltreatment frequency and acute pain, and maltreatment frequency and general chronic health condition. Participants included 403 youth ages 8–19 who resided in foster or residential/group homes. Youth with more maltreatment events had higher odds of chronic pain in a dose response fashion. There was no significant relation between maltreatment type and pain diagnosis, or maltreatment and general chronic health condition. This study examined both self- and case file report of maltreatment frequency and type in association with chronic pain, acute pain, and general chronic health condition in a sample of youth in foster care, providing evidence that more maltreatment exposure increases the likelihood of chronic pain, even in youth. This suggests that it may not take decades for the overloaded stress response system to lead to a serious pain condition, but that this process may occur much earlier in the lifespan. The findings have important implications for professionals working to prevent and treat the effects of child maltreatment or chronic pain.
AB - Childhood maltreatment is associated with chronic pain in adults. The goals of this study were 1) to examine this relation in youth placed in foster care with high levels of maltreatment exposure, and 2) to investigate the relation between maltreatment frequency and acute pain, and maltreatment frequency and general chronic health condition. Participants included 403 youth ages 8–19 who resided in foster or residential/group homes. Youth with more maltreatment events had higher odds of chronic pain in a dose response fashion. There was no significant relation between maltreatment type and pain diagnosis, or maltreatment and general chronic health condition. This study examined both self- and case file report of maltreatment frequency and type in association with chronic pain, acute pain, and general chronic health condition in a sample of youth in foster care, providing evidence that more maltreatment exposure increases the likelihood of chronic pain, even in youth. This suggests that it may not take decades for the overloaded stress response system to lead to a serious pain condition, but that this process may occur much earlier in the lifespan. The findings have important implications for professionals working to prevent and treat the effects of child maltreatment or chronic pain.
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U2 - 10.1007/s40653-019-0248-x
DO - 10.1007/s40653-019-0248-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 32318213
AN - SCOPUS:85075183645
VL - 12
SP - 437
EP - 445
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
SN - 1936-1521
IS - 4
ER -