{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,9]],"date-time":"2026-03-09T22:19:38Z","timestamp":1773094778255,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":12,"publisher":"Walter de Gruyter GmbH","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]],"date-time":"2017-10-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1506816000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_s_001\">\n                    <jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Chronic pain is a major health problem, considered as a disease in its own right. The prevalence of chronic pain is estimated to be between 2% and 40% in adult populations. In Niger, there are no data on chronic pain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_s_002\">\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study was designed to provide the demographic, clinical and etiological profile of chronic pain in patients from Niger in order to create a database on chronic pain in Niger.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_s_003\">\n                    <jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study is prospectively conducted at the department of external consultation of the H\u00f4pital National de Niamey over a period of 10 months from 31 May 2016 to 30 January 2017 collecting all cases of chronic pain. The demographic, clinical and etiological characteristics of all patients were collected and analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_s_004\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      During the period of the study, 1927 patients consulted at the department of external consultation of the H\u00f4pital National de Niamey, among which 411 patients had chronic pain (21.33% [95% CI: 19.53% and 23.13%]). The average age was 48.28 years (\u00b112.84) with 51.6% of patients aged over 50 years. The male sex was predominant (61.8%). The most common sites of chronic pain were legs (25.5%), back (14.4%), neck (13.6%), knees (13.4%) and feet (13.1%). Osteoarthritis was the most common cause of chronic pain (35.5%), followed by herniated disc (22.2%), spondylodiscitis (14.6%) and migraine (4.1%). Significantly patients aged 50-59 years suffered from neck and legs pain (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      value &lt; 0.001). Significantly chronic headaches and rheumatoid arthritis were more common in women while osteoarthritis, herniated disc and spondylodiscite were more common in men (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      value = 0.001). Significantly osteoarthritis and herniated disc were more common in patients older than 40 years (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      value &lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_s_005\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study provides demographic, clinical and etiological data of chronic pain in patients from Niger, and shows that chronic pain is a common reason for consultation in Niger concerning 1 in 5 patients with a high prevalence among men and patients aged over 40 years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,26]],"date-time":"2017-07-26T11:48:13Z","timestamp":1501069693000},"page":"252-255","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain: Experience of Niger"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Hamid","family":"Assadeck","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales , H\u00f4pital National de Niamey , Niamey Niger"},{"name":"Facult\u00e9 des sciences de la sant\u00e9 , Universit\u00e9 Abdou Moumouni de Niamey , Niamey Niger"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Moussa Toudou","family":"Daouda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales , H\u00f4pital National de Niamey , Niamey Niger"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fatimata Hassane","family":"Djibo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales , H\u00f4pital National de Niamey , Niamey Niger"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Djibo Douma","family":"Maiga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales , H\u00f4pital National de Niamey , Niamey Niger"},{"name":"Facult\u00e9 des sciences de la sant\u00e9 , Universit\u00e9 Abdou Moumouni de Niamey , Niamey Niger"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric Adehossi","family":"Omar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de m\u00e9decine et sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s m\u00e9dicales , H\u00f4pital National de Niamey , Niamey Niger"},{"name":"Facult\u00e9 des sciences de la sant\u00e9 , Universit\u00e9 Abdou Moumouni de Niamey , Niamey Niger"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_001","unstructured":"Breivik H, Bond M. Why pain control matters in a world full of killer diseases. Pain: Clin Updates 2004;12:1\u20134."},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ng KF, Tsui SL, Chan WS. Prevalence of common chronic pain in Hong Kong adults. ClinJ Pain 2002;18:275\u201381.","DOI":"10.1097\/00002508-200209000-00001"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Verhaak PF, Kerssens JJ, Dekker J, Sorbi MJ, Bensing JM. Prevalence of chronic benign pain disorder among adults: a review of the literature. Pain 1998;77:231\u20139.","DOI":"10.1016\/S0304-3959(98)00117-1"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Breivik H, Collett B, Ventafridda V, Cohen R, Gallacher D. Survey of chronic pain in Europe: prevalence, impact on daily life and treatment. Eur J Pain 2006;10:287\u2013333.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejpain.2005.06.009"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_005","unstructured":"IASP. Classification of chronic pain. Descriptions of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms. Prepared by the International Association for the Studyof Pain, Subcommittee on Taxonomy. Pain Suppl 1986;3:S1\u2013226."},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wong WS, Fielding R. Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain in the general population of Hong Kong. J Pain 2011;12:236\u201345.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpain.2010.07.004"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gureje O, Von Korff M, Simon GE, Gater R. Persistent pain and well-being: a World Health Organization study in primary care. JAMA 1998;280:147\u201351.","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.280.2.147"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_008","unstructured":"Bowsher D, Rigge M, Sopp L. Prevalence of chronic pain in the British population: a telephone survey of 1,037 households. Pain Clin 1991;4:223\u201330."},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"James FR, Large RG, Bushnell JA, Wells JE. Epidemiology of Pain in New Zealand. Pain 1991;44:279\u201383.","DOI":"10.1016\/0304-3959(91)90097-H"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Murphy KR, Han JL, Yang S, Hussaini SM, Elsamadicy AA, Parente B, Xie J, Pagadala P, Lad SP. Prevalence of specific types of pain diagnoses in a sample of United States Adults. Pain Phys 2017;20:E257\u201368.","DOI":"10.36076\/ppj.2017.E268"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_011","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chen B, Li L, Donovan C, Gao Y, Ali G, Jiang Y, Xu T, Shan G, Sun W. Prevalence and characteristics of chronic body pain in China: a national study. Springerplus 2016;5:938.","DOI":"10.1186\/s40064-016-2581-y"},{"key":"2026030912145394152_j_j.sjpain.2017.07.008_ref_012","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hardt J, Jacobsen C, Goldberg J, Nickel R, Buchwald D. Prevalence of chronic pain inarepresentative sample in the United States. Pain Med 2008;9:803\u201312.","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1526-4637.2008.00425.x"}],"container-title":["Scandinavian Journal of Pain"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/journals\/sjpain\/17\/1\/article-p252.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1877886017301489?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S1877886017301489?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/document\/doi\/10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/document\/doi\/10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008\/pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,9]],"date-time":"2026-03-09T12:14:57Z","timestamp":1773058497000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/document\/doi\/10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008\/html"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]},"references-count":12,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.sjpain.2017.07.008","relation":{},"ISSN":["1877-8860","1877-8879"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1877-8860","type":"print"},{"value":"1877-8879","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,1]]}}}