Kapos Research

Psychological Contributors to Pain Before, During, and After Endodontic Procedures: A Scoping Review

Preprint · August 7, 2024 Full text Cite

Residential Density Is Associated With BMI Trajectories in Children and Adolescents: Findings From the Moving to Health Study.

Journal Article AJPM Focus · June 2024 INTRODUCTION: This study investigates the associations between built environment features and 3-year BMI trajectories in children and adolescents. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health records of individuals aged 5-18 years li ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to Long-Mills and Tumin.

Journal Article Pain · June 1, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Seventeen-Year National Pain Prevalence Trends Among U.S. Military Veterans.

Journal Article J Pain · May 2024 U.S. military veterans experience higher pain prevalence than nonveterans. However, it is unclear how the disparities in pain prevalence have changed over time because previous trend studies are limited to veterans using the Veterans Health Administration. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Occupations associated with treatment seeking and biopsychosocial functioning at a tertiary orofacial pain clinic: A cross-sectional study.

Journal Article J Am Dent Assoc · May 2024 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe whether certain occupations were over- or underrepresented and to compare biopsychosocial functioning by types of occupation and employment status among adults seeking orofacial pain (OFP) treatment. METHOD ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparing the prevalence of chronic pain in school-aged children in the United States from 2019 to 2020: a nationally representative study examining differences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal Article Pain · January 1, 2024 The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively affected children's health in the United States (US), with more severe disruption for marginalized groups. However, potential impact on pediatric chronic pain has not been assessed at the population ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders-INfORM recommendations: Comprehensive and short-form adaptations for adolescents.

Journal Article J Oral Rehabil · November 2023 BACKGROUND: The Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for use in adults is in use worldwide. Until now, no version of this instrument for use in adolescents has been proposed. OBJECTIVE: To present comprehensive and short-form adapta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validation of the PEG Scale in Spanish (PEG-S) Among Adults Receiving Care for Pain in US Primary Care.

Journal Article J Pain · November 2023 This study sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the PEG scale (PEG-S, whose items assess Pain intensity and pain interference with Enjoyment of life and General activity) in a sample of Spanish-speaking adults receiving ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

Estimated Rates of Incident and Persistent Chronic Pain Among US Adults, 2019-2020.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · May 1, 2023 IMPORTANCE: Chronic pain risk and prognosis estimates are needed to inform effective interventions. OBJECTIVE: To estimate rates of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain (HICP) incidence and persistence in US adults across demographic groups. DESIGN, S ... Full text Link to item Cite

Seventeen-Year National Pain Prevalence Trends Among U.S. Military Veterans.

Preprint · April 10, 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders-INfORM recommendations: Comprehensive and short-form adaptations for children.

Journal Article J Oral Rehabil · February 2023 BACKGROUND: The Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) are used worldwide in adults. Until now, no adaptation for use in children has been proposed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to present comprehensive and short-form adaptati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Household Food Insufficiency and Chronic Pain among Children in the US: A National Study.

Journal Article Children (Basel) · January 19, 2023 This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pediatric chronic pain by household food sufficiency status and examine whether food insufficiency would be associated with greater risk for chronic pain. We analyzed data from the 2019-2020 National Survey o ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Building the foundation for a modern patient-partnered infrastructure to study temporomandibular disorders

Journal Article Frontiers in Digital Health · January 1, 2023 Background: Conflicting reports from varying stakeholders related to prognosis and outcomes following placement of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants gave rise to the development of the TMJ Patient-Led RoundTable initiative. Following an assessment of ... Full text Cite

Antiracism CoaliTION in Pain Research (ACTION-PR): Guiding Principles for Equity in Reporting.

Journal Article J Pain · January 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding Opioid Use Behaviors And Decision Making Among Adolescents Prescribed Opioids For Acute Pain: A Qualitative Study

Conference JOURNAL OF PAIN · 2023 Cite

The Global Need for Easy and Valid Assessment Tools for Orofacial Pain.

Journal Article J Dent Res · December 2022 The World Health Organization recently adopted a historic resolution (WHA74.5) on the urgent need for global oral health improvement. This resolution is particularly relevant in the perspective of the high prevalence of untreated oral diseases. However, on ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Differences in Weight Gain Following Residential Relocation in the Moving to Health (M2H) Study.

Journal Article Epidemiology · September 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Neighborhoods may play an important role in shaping long-term weight trajectory and obesity risk. Studying the impact of moving to another neighborhood may be the most efficient way to determine the built environment's impact on health. We ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders in children and adolescents: An international Delphi study-Part 2-Development of Axis II.

Journal Article J Oral Rehabil · May 2022 BACKGROUND: Unlike the psychosocial assessment established for adults in the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD), a standardised psychosocial assessment for children and adolescents with TMD complaints has not yet been established. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of Chronic Pain among School-aged Children in the United States During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationally Representative Study

Journal Article The Journal of Pain · May 2022 Full text Cite

Leave no one behind: easy and valid assessment of orofacial pain.

Journal Article Lancet Glob Health · February 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

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