Exploring emotional well-being, spiritual, religious and personal beliefs and telomere length in chronic pain patients—A pilot study with cross-sectional design

Rönne-Petersén, Linn; Niemi, Maria; Walach, Harald; Lavebratt, Catharina; Yang, Liu L.; Gerdle, Björn; Ghafouri, Bijar; Falkenberg, Torkel

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308924

Exploring emotional well-being, spiritual, religious and personal beliefs and telomere length in chronic pain patients—A pilot study with cross-sectional design

Living with chronic pain is associated with substantial suffering and high societal costs. Patient reported outcomes (PROM’s) and cellular ageing should be considered in pain management. The aim of this study was to explore correlations of PROM’s and cellular ageing (telomere length [TL] and telo…