Multisite musculoskeletal pain in adolescence and later mental health disorders: a population-based registry study of Norwegian youth: the NAAHS cohort study.

However, when examining different mental health disorders, we found musculoskeletal pain to be significantly associated with anxiety disorders, and showing a strong trend in mood disorders, when adjusted for the adolescent factors.

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Introduction Musculoskeletal pains are prevalent in adolescents, 1–3 with an increasing trend in recent decades. 4 5 Pain problems in youth tend to persist into adulthood, 6 7 and multisite pain is more associated with psychosocial problems than single-site pain is. 2 3 8 9 Pain in adolescents has been shown to be associated with psychosocial and mental health problems in cross-sectional 3 10 11 and longitudinal 12–17 studies.

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