Syndemic interactions of chronic pain, mental health problems, and opioid misuse and their association with academic performance and quality of life among college students

Fares Qeadan, Rose Thornquist and Benjamin Tingey

Social Science & Medicine, 2025, vol. 381, issue C

Abstract: College students experience multiple stressors impacting academic performance and quality of life (QoL), including chronic pain, mental health issues, and opioid misuse, which can co-occur and exacerbate one another. Guided by syndemic theory, this study examined the associations between these three health conditions and academic performance and QoL.

Keywords: Mental health issues; Chronic pain; Opioid misuse; Academic performance; Quality of life; Syndemic theory; College students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118243

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