Registry & Research
Pain research helps identify what causes pain, what interventions truly work, and how to improve quality of life for people living with chronic pain. By investing in research, PainUSA can support evidence-based care, influence policy, and ultimately lead way to new therapies and improved outcomes for patients.
Sturgeon JA, Darnall BD, Kao MC, Mackey SC. Physical and psychological correlates of fatigue and physical function: A Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry (CHOIR) study. The Journal of Pain. 2015 March. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.12.004. PMID: 25536536
Sturgeon JA, Dixon EA, Darnall BD, Mackey SC. Contributions of physical function and satisfaction with social roles to emotional distress in chronic pain: a Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry (CHOIR) study. Pain. 2015 Dec. DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000313. PMID: 26230739
Bhandari RP, Feinstein AB, Huestis SE, Krane EJ, Dunn AL, Cohen LL, Kao MC, Darnall BD, Mackey SC. Pediatric-Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry (Peds-CHOIR): A Learning Health System to Guide Pediatric Pain Research and Treatment. Pain. 2016 May 9. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000609. PMID: 27280328
Feinstein AB, Sturgeon JA, Darnall BD, Dunn AL, Rico T, Kao MC, Bhandari RP. The effect of pain catastrophizing on outcomes: A developmental perspective across children, adolescents, and young adults with chronic pain. The Journal of Pain. 2016 Nov 5. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.10.009. PMID: 27825857
Sturgeon JA, Carriere JS, Kao MJ, Rico T, Darnall BD, Mackey SC. Social disruption mediates the relationship between perceived injustice and anger in chronic pain: A Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry study. Ann Behav Med. 2016 Dec. DOI: 10.1007/s12160-016-9808-6. PMID: 27325314
Carriere JS, Martel MO, Kao MC, Sullivan MJ, Darnall BD. Pain behavior mediates the relationship between perceived injustice and opioid prescription for chronic pain: a Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry study. Journal of Pain Research. 2017 Mar 7. DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S128184. PMID: 28331358
Hah JM, Sturgeon JA, Zocca J, Sharifzadeh Y, Mackey SC. Factors associated with prescription opioid misuse in a cross-sectional cohort of patients with chronic non-cancer pain. Journal of Pain Research. 2017 May 3. DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S131979. PMID: 28496354 [Access Article]
Karayannis NV, Sturgeon JA, Kao MC, Cooley C, Mackey S. Physical function and pain interference demonstrate poor longitudinal association in people living with chronic pain: A PROMIS investigation. Pain. 2017 Jun. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000881. PMID: 28221284