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The purpose of the current study was to assess the associations of specific pain conditions with suicide attempts.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Case-control<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Veterans Health Administration (VHA)<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Individuals who utilized VHA services with a record of a suicide attempt (N\u2009=\u200930,051) in Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 were identified and propensity score matched with controls with no such record (N\u2009=\u200930,051).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Data on pain condition diagnoses (back pain, arthritis, migraine, headaches, psychogenic pain, neuropathy, fibromyalgia) psychiatric diagnoses, medical comorbidity, and demographics were extracted from VHA medical record and suicide surveillance datasets.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Unadjusted logistic regression analyses found that each of the pain conditions were associated with suicide attempts (e.g., back pain: Odds ratio [OR]=3.25, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]=3.12\u20133.39). After adjusting for mental health conditions, medical comorbidity, and each of the pain conditions, the effects were attenuated across pain conditions; however, remained significant for each of the pain conditions except for fibromyalgia. Specifically, back pain (OR\u2009=\u20091.25, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.19\u20131.32), migraines (OR\u2009=\u20091.29, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.14\u20131.46), headaches (OR\u2009=\u20091.33, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.19\u20131.48), and neuropathic pain (OR\u2009=\u20091.52, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.33\u20131.74) were each associated with increased odds of a suicide attempt. Fibromyalgia was the only pain condition associated with re-attempt status (OR\u2009=\u20091.25, 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.08\u20131.45).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Specific pain conditions are associated with increased odds of suicide attempts even after including key covariates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Limitations of the study include the retrospective study design and lack of examination into additional variables including prescription opioid use, pain intensity, and pain duration. The case-control design also limits the ability to draw causal or temporal conclusions.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnab287","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,21]],"date-time":"2021-09-21T19:17:34Z","timestamp":1632251854000},"page":"2846-2850","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Pain Conditions and Suicide Attempts in Military Veterans: A Case-Control Design"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9280-8100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rachel L","family":"Boska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA"},{"name":"Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, New York, USA"},{"name":"VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Canandaigua, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Todd 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