title: Pain symptoms in an adolescent Italian population.
abstract: We have assessed the incidence of four types of self-reported pain symptoms (headache, pain in heart or chest, pain in lower back and muscle soreness) in a randomised sample of 1413 persons from a population of 93481 students aged 14-16 years in the Veneto region of Italy. In males, 26% reported moderate and 1.2% severe pain distress. In female, 35% and 3.7% reported moderate and severe pain respectively. Pain symptoms were positively correlated with anxiety and depressive symptoms and were more frequent in females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gallimberti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*