title: Does low intelligence really cause pain? The importance of measurement, methodology and implications when drawing conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Meghan G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Schinkel
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D058245:Cognitive Reserve; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male
references.citation: Gale CR, Deary IJ, Cooper C, Batty GD. Intelligence in childhood and chronic widespread pain in middle age: the National Child Development Survey. PAIN®. 2012;153:2339-2344.
references.citation: Kingma EM, Rosmalen JGM. The power of longitudinal population-based studies for investigating the etiology of chronic widespread pain. PAIN®. 2012;153:2305-2306.