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Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents

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Chronic pain is common in children and adolescents, affecting 20–25 % of this population. A total of 3 % of all children suffer severe chronic pain. In more than a half of those patients (1.7 %), the criteria for a chronic or somatoform pain disorder are met.

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  1. German Paediatric Pain Centre (GPPC), Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital, Witten/Herdecke University, Dr.-Friedrich-Steiner Street 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany

    Michael Dobe & Boris Zernikow

  2. Chair Children’s Pain Therapy and Paediatric Palliative Care, Witten/Herdecke University, School of Medicine, Datteln, 45711, Germany

    Boris Zernikow

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  1. , Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital, German Paediatric Pain Centre, Dr.-Friedrich-Steiner-Str. 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany

    Michael Dobe

  2. , Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital, German Paediatric Pain Centre, Dr.-Friedrich-Steiner-Str. 5, Datteln, 45711, Germany

    Boris Zernikow

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Dobe, M., Zernikow, B. (2013). Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents. In: Dobe, M., Zernikow, B. (eds) Practical Treatment Options for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37816-4_1

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