| A new study of adults in the United States with chronic severe back pain showed that nearly 21 percent did not receive treatment for at least 3 months and that socioeconomic factors played a role. The cross-sectional study, which was recently published in The Journal of Pain, was conducted by researchers from the Université de Montréal and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Chronic pain is a long-term condition that interferes with daily activities. Several challenges to accessing treatment have been widely acknowledged, including provider attitudes and training, insurance coverage, cultural attitudes of patients, and geographic and regulatory barriers. But little is known about people who do not receive treatment. This study identified the differences in people with chronic severe back pain who did and did not receive care for their chronic severe back pain. | 