‘Drawing a line in the sand’: Physician diagnostic uncertainty in pediatric chronic pain

Abstract

Many patients with chronic pain do not receive a diagnosis that precisely explains a pathological cause of their pain (Butow & Sharpe, 2013; Serbic & Pincus, 2013). Over 40% of adults with chronic pain experience diagnostic uncertainty (DU), the perception that a label or explanation for a patient’s health problem is missing or inaccurate (Serbic & Pincus, 2013), which is associated with elevated levels of anxiety, depression, pain intensity (Serbic et al., 2016), and disability (Geisser & Roth, 1998).

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