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Prevalence of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed T. Almalki, Sarah S. BinBaz, Sultan S. Alamri, Hani H. Alghamdi, Ahmed O. EL-Kabbani, Abdulaziz A. Al Mulhem, Sultan A. Alzubaidi, Amal T. Altowairqi, Hanaa A. Alrbeeai, Wardah M. Alharthi and Khaled A. Alswat
Saudi Medical Journal December 2019, 40 (12) 1256-1266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.12.24690
Mohammed T. Almalki
From the Department of Anesthesia (Almalki), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; from the Department of Medicine (BinBaz, Alamri), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif; from the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management (Alghamdi), from the Department of Anesthesia (EL-Kabbani, Al Mulhem), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; from the Department of Physical Therapy (Alzubaidi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; and form the Department of Medicine (Altowairqi, Alrbeeai, Alharthi, Alswat), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sarah S. BinBaz
From the Department of Anesthesia (Almalki), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; from the Department of Medicine (BinBaz, Alamri), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif; from the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management (Alghamdi), from the Department of Anesthesia (EL-Kabbani, Al Mulhem), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; from the Department of Physical Therapy (Alzubaidi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; and form the Department of Medicine (Altowairqi, Alrbeeai, Alharthi, Alswat), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sultan S. Alamri
From the Department of Anesthesia (Almalki), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; from the Department of Medicine (BinBaz, Alamri), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif; from the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management (Alghamdi), from the Department of Anesthesia (EL-Kabbani, Al Mulhem), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; from the Department of Physical Therapy (Alzubaidi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; and form the Department of Medicine (Altowairqi, Alrbeeai, Alharthi, Alswat), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hani H. Alghamdi
From the Department of Anesthesia (Almalki), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; from the Department of Medicine (BinBaz, Alamri), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif; from the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management (Alghamdi), from the Department of Anesthesia (EL-Kabbani, Al Mulhem), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; from the Department of Physical Therapy (Alzubaidi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; and form the Department of Medicine (Altowairqi, Alrbeeai, Alharthi, Alswat), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed O. EL-Kabbani
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Abdulaziz A. Al Mulhem
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Sultan A. Alzubaidi
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Amal T. Altowairqi
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Hanaa A. Alrbeeai
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Wardah M. Alharthi
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Khaled A. Alswat
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vol. 40 no. 12 1256-1266
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.12.24690
PubMed 
31828278

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received July 2, 2019
  • Accepted October 29, 2019
  • Published online December 1, 2019.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Mohammed T. Almalki, MD, D.ABA⇑,
  2. Sarah S. BinBaz, MBBS,
  3. Sultan S. Alamri, MBBS,
  4. Hani H. Alghamdi, MD, MBA,
  5. Ahmed O. EL-Kabbani, MBBS,
  6. Abdulaziz A. Al Mulhem, MBBS,
  7. Sultan A. Alzubaidi, PT,
  8. Amal T. Altowairqi, MBBS,
  9. Hanaa A. Alrbeeai, MBBS,
  10. Wardah M. Alharthi, MBBS and
  11. Khaled A. Alswat, MBBS, CCD
  1. From the Department of Anesthesia (Almalki), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; from the Department of Medicine (BinBaz, Alamri), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif; from the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management (Alghamdi), from the Department of Anesthesia (EL-Kabbani, Al Mulhem), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; from the Department of Physical Therapy (Alzubaidi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk; and form the Department of Medicine (Altowairqi, Alrbeeai, Alharthi, Alswat), Taif University School of Medicine, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mohammed Almalki, Department of Anesthesia, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: mtalasmi83{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6831-803X
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