Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Pain Manag. 2021 Sep;11(5):571-581. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2020-0089. Epub 2021 Jun 9.
Obesity is one of the most prevalent comorbidities associated with chronic pain, which can severely interfere with daily living and increase utilization of clinical resources. We hypothesized that a higher level of obesity, measured by BMI, would be associated with increased pain severity (intensity) and interference (pain related disability). Participant data was pulled from a multisite chronic pain outpatient database and categorized based on BMI. A total of 2509 patients were included in the study. We found significant differences between BMI groups for all pain severity scores (worst, least, average, current) and total pain interference score. Obese patients had significantly higher scores than normal weight patients. We found obesity to be associated with increased pain severity and pain interference.
肥胖是与慢性疼痛相关的最常见合并症之一，它会严重干扰日常生活并增加临床资源的利用。我们假设，用 BMI 衡量的肥胖程度越高，与疼痛严重程度（强度）和干扰（与疼痛相关的残疾）的增加有关。参与者的数据是从多地点慢性疼痛门诊数据库中提取的，并根据 BMI 进行分类。共有 2509 名患者纳入本研究。我们发现所有疼痛严重程度评分（最严重、最轻、平均、当前）和总疼痛干扰评分的 BMI 组之间存在显著差异。肥胖患者的评分明显高于正常体重患者。我们发现肥胖与疼痛严重程度和疼痛干扰增加有关。
