User:Kennedif00/Chronic pain/Hollyb98 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Kennedif00


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Kennedif00/Chronic
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Chronic pain
 * Chronic pain

Evaluate the drafted changes
There is no reason to define the term chronic since it is already defined in the lead paragraph. The addition was not clear it was about "how people come to accept chronic pain and the avenues people can go through to accomplish acceptance". It seems the new information tries to summarize too many aspects of the journal instead of wording explicitly what the journal accomplished to do or the greater implication of the journal to daily life.

Here are some ideas moving forward to improve the established article. The article does cover a wide variety of the aspects of chronic pain. Nearly all of the information and statements made in the article have a good reference. The article allows the reader to understand a multitude about the subject without completely overwhelming the reader. The article does not seem to have a strong lead paragraph concisely summarizing/outlining the article. it immediately goes into defining discussing acute vs chronic pain then into the origin of chronic pain in the body. there could be different sections... gets too into the weeds about the intricacies of chronic pain too soon. Under the heading opioids it would be interesting to the the correlation between opioids prescribed to those with chronic pain and the likelihood of future addiction. In addition, there may be an opportunity to shed light on the opioid crisis. There seems to be little information in this section, leaving the reader ill informed about the use of opioids. In the section of alternative medicines there is an opportunity to add meditation to the list since has not been mentioned for its effectiveness. In the section under personality an interesting journal to search would be the effect of meditation on catastrophization and how that affects chronic pain in patients. Whether or not the correlation is significant it would be worth mentioning to the reader the current findings on the topic. In the section of epidemiology there is no mention as to why women are more susceptible to chronic pain; there may be research on the topic. There is also no mention of the ages this mostly takes effect on. Under the heading Outcomes there is a citation needed about the potential effects of interactions of medications due to multiple doctors treating the same patent. This could be deleted or better evidence can be found for this claim.In the section of psychology and comorbidity with trauma there is little talk about the somatic expression that trauma enacts on the body when not properly expressed; more could be added in this area. The already established science behind it may be worth mentioning.There is also not much mention of the founders and pioneers behind the science of chronic pain.