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Symptom Burden, Medication Detriment, and Support for the Use of the 15D Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument in a Chronic Pain Clinic Population
Table 3
Comorbidities by system (excluding 44 subjects reporting none).
| | Diagnostic category | Diagnosis | No. of patients |
| | Psychiatric | Depression | 9 | | | Anxiety | 2 | | | All psychiatric | | 11 |
| | CNS | Stroke | 3 | | | Migraine | 1 | | | Restless leg syndrome | 1 | | | Vertigo | 1 | | | Glaucoma | 1 | | | All CNS | | 7 |
| | Cardiovascular | Hypertension | 11 | | | Coronary disease | 2 | | | Valvular disease | 2 | | | All cardiovascular | | 15 |
| | Respiratory | COPD | 2 | | | Asthma | 1 | | | Sleep Apnea | 1 | | | All respiratory | | 4 |
| | Gastrointestinal | Reflux/dyspepsia | 4 | | | Inflammtory bowel disease | 3 | | | Irritable bowel syndrome | 2 | | | Fatty liver | 1 | | | Gallstones | 1 | | | Not specified | 1 | | | All gastrointestinal | | 12 |
| | Endocrine | Obesity | 7 | | | Hypercholesterolemia | 4 | | | Hypothyroidism | 3 | | | Diabetes | 1 | | | Osteoporosis | 1 | | | All endocrine | | 16 |
| | Renal | Chronic renal failure | 2 | | | Kidney transplant | 1 | | | All renal | | 3 |
| | Infectious | Hepatitis C | 4 | | | HIV | 1 | | | All infectious | | 5 |
| | Connective tissue/joint disorders | Osteoarthritis | 3 | | | Dematomyositis | 1 | | | Lupus | 1 | | | Vascultis | 1 | | | Congenital hip dislocation | 1 | | | All connective tissue/joint | | 7 |
| | Miscellaneous | Cancer in remission | 3 | | | Former street drug user | 1 | | | Data missing | 1 | | | All miscellaneous | | 5 |
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