Natalia Gutiérrez-Albaladejo, Ana López-de-Andrés, Natividad Cuadrado-Corrales, Romana Albaladejo-Vicente, Rosa Villanueva-Orbaiz, Francisco Carricondo, Barbara Romero-Gomez, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Napoleon Perez-Farinos
(1) Background: Worldwide, asthma, back pain, and migraine are major public health problems due to their high prevalence, effect on the quality of life, and huge economic costs. The association of asthma with an increased risk of these types of pain has been suggested; however, no conclusive results have been obtained to date. The aims of our study were (1) to describe and compare the prevalence of three types of pain localization, namely migraine or frequent headaches (MFH), chronic neck pain (CNP), and chronic low back pain (CLBP), in adults with and without asthma in Spain during the years 2014 and 2020 and (2) to identify which variables were associated with the presence of these types of pain in adults with asthma...
November 15, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine