Multidirectional relationships between chronic pain, cannabis use, sleep quality, and anxiety

Chronic pain is prevelant in approximately 15 to 40% of the pediatric population and impacts an individual’s daily functioning ability, as well as their social, personal, and professional lives. This study examines the relationships between chronic pain, cannabis use, sleep quality, and anxiety. A survey was conducted for chronic pain patients in which they reported various pain dimensions, sleep outcomes, cannabis use information, and psychological factors. The analyzed data supported the following conclusions: Greater frequency of cannabis use leads to greater psychological factors, such as stress, anxiety, nervousness, and depression; Greater frequency of cannabis use leads to increased frequency of pain; Increased anxiety factors lead to increased frequency of pain and pain interference in daily functioning; Increased anxiety factors lead to decreased sleep quality and increased issues with sleep; Greater pain intensity leads to increased pain interference in daily functioning and more disruptions in social, personal, and professional lives; Greater pain intensity leads to decreased sleep quality and increased sleep disturbance; Poor sleep quality leads to increased anxiety and other psychological factors, such as stress, nervousness, and depression; Poor sleep quality leads to increased pain frequency and pain interference in daily functioning; Chronic pain diagnosis has no statistically significant effect on marijuana use, pain dimensions, sleep parameters, and psychological factors.

Author dc:creator

• Jarugula, Karthik

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Herscovitz, Haya
• Kossowsky, Joe

• Medicine

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2144/52297

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.bu.edu:2144/52297