Talk:List of chronic pain syndromes

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A fact from List of chronic pain syndromes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that chronic pain syndromes affect approximately 20 percent of people and account for 15 to 20 percent of doctor visits?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:54, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... ~~that chronic pain is considered a syndrome because of the associated symptoms that develop in those experiencing chronic pain?~~

Source: Mostoufi et al. 2020: "Chronic pain is a pain status that persists beyond a reasonable expected healing period for the involved tissue. It is chronic if it persists for 6 months or more despite active treatment. It is called a syndrome because a constellation of symptoms develops in those patients facing chronic pain."

ALT1: ... that chronic pain affects approximately 20% of people and accounts for 15-20% of visits to a physician? Source: Treede et al. 2015: "Chronic pain is a frequent condition, affecting an estimated 20% of people worldwide and accounting for 15% to 20% of physician visits."
ALT2: ... that in order to create a classification system for chronic pain, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) to form a Task Force for the Classification of Chronic Pain?Source: Treede et al. 2015: "Responding to these shortcomings, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) contacted the WHO and established a Task Force for the Classification of Chronic Pain."
ALT3: ... ~~that pain is the most common symptom of cancer at the time of diagnosis?~~Source: Bennett et al. 2019: "Pain is the commonest symptom of cancer at diagnosis and rises in prevalence throughout and beyond cancer treatment."
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Comment: I have a slight preference for the first two hooks but am fine with any of them being used.

Created by CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk) 02:53, 1 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hi @CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath:. Article is new enough, long enough, well-written and cited. Earwig didn't detect any copyvio. No QPQ needed. The source for each hook checks out. I think ALT1 is the most interesting hook, but the phrasing is a bit awkward and probably hews too close to the source you've given. Might I suggest: ".... that chronic pain syndromes affect approximately 20% of people and account for 15-20% of doctor visits?". Overall, good work. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 14:54, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tenpop421: I agree alt1 is the most interesting. I really struggled with the wording with that one because MOS:MEDLANG kind of frowns upon using the term "doctor" hence why the sentence is a bit closer to the source than I would usually write. However, I did remove the prevalent condition part cause it's not really needed. Thank you for taking the time to review this! IntentionallyDense (talk) 17:11, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant. DYK good to go. Tenpop421 (talk) 17:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]