Prevalence of Bodily Distress Syndrome and Prediction of Patient Outcomes: Cohort Study of 3762 Individuals With Persistent Pain
Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) is highly prevalent in tertiary pain care and linked to more severe symptoms, psychosocial burden and poorer long-term outcomes. The findings support BDS as a clinically useful framework for identifying patients with complex symptom profiles and for guiding interdisciplinary, mechanism-oriented approaches to pain management.
Authors
- Egil A. Fors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0980-8247)
- Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-7096)
- Hans Fredrik Sunde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-5422)
- Silje Endresen Reme
- Live Landmark
Institutions
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pain
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70212
- Primary Topic
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitetet i Oslo
- Norges Forskningsråd