A Fairly Comprehensive Survey of Chronic Pain in Iranian Population: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact on Daily Life

1Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad,IR Iran 2Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IR Iran 3Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Oncopathology Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, IR Iran 5Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, IR Iran 6Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 7Department of Health, Tehran Municipality’s General Department of Health, Tehran, IR Iran 8Health Education and Promotion Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research (IHSR), ACECR, Tehran, IR Iran 9Department of Sports Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Soghrat Faghihzadeh, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IR Iran. Tel.: +98-2414251075, Fax: +98-2414249553, E-mail: s.faghihzadeh@zums.ac.ir