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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Claudio Bascour-Sandoval, Javier Albayay, Agustin Martinez-Molina, Arlett Opazo-Sepulveda, Claudia Lacoste-Abarzua, Diego Bielefeldt-Astudillo, Ruben Gajardo-Burgos, German Galvez-Garcia
Summary: This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) using various exploratory and confirmatory factorial approaches. The results suggest a unidimensional structure for the PCS and a short version of the scale, PCS-4, is proposed. The PCS-4 showed evidence of reliability and validity in measuring pain catastrophizing in Chilean patients with musculoskeletal pain.
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Rheumatology
Irene Lopez-Gomez, Lilian Velasco, Lorena Gutierrez, Carmen Ecija, Patricia Catala, Cecilia Penacoba
Summary: This study examines the relationship between regular walking behavior and pain and fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia, and finds that pain catastrophizing and the impact of fibromyalgia mediate this relationship. Additionally, participants who walk less regularly experience more pain and fatigue after the walking test. Therefore, therapeutic walking programs for fibromyalgia patients should consider cognitive variables and the impact of fibromyalgia to reduce pain and fatigue and improve functioning and quality of life.
CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
(2023)
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Orthopedics
Paul Gudmundsson, Paul A. Nakonezny, Jason Lin, Rebisi Owhonda, Heather Richard, Joel Wells
Summary: Psychological factors such as pain catastrophizing, anxiety, and depression are common in patients with hip pathology, but improvements in hip functionality are associated with decreased severity of these psychological comorbidities. This study highlights the correlation between musculoskeletal impairment and psychosocial outcomes.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
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Sport Sciences
Kate N. Jochimsen, Brian Noehren, Carl G. Mattacola, Stephanie Di Stasi, Stephen T. Duncan, Cale Jacobs
Summary: Preoperative poor psychosocial health increases the likelihood of elevated pain and worse function at 3 months post hip arthroscopy for FAIS. Factors such as low self-efficacy, high kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing are associated with elevated postoperative pain.
JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING
(2021)
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Psychology, Applied
Charlotte Dowding, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, David Skvarc, Leesa Van Niekerk, Melissa O'Shea, Lisa Olive, Marilla Druitt, Subhadra Evans
Summary: This study examines the temporal relationship between psychological and pain-related factors in endometriosis. It finds that baseline emotional distress is the only variable that predicts pain catastrophizing, functional pain disability, and concomitant emotional distress 12 months later.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-HEALTH AND WELL BEING
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Johanna Basten-Guenther, Madelon L. Peters, Stefan Lautenbacher
Summary: This study found that experimentally induced optimism can reduce situational pain catastrophizing, and this relationship is influenced by dispositional optimism and dispositional pain catastrophizing. The state optimism induction apparently counteracted the manifestation of dispositional pain catastrophizing as situational pain catastrophizing.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Alexis Gagnon-Dolbec, Michelle Fortier, Stephanie Cormier
Summary: This study investigated the pain experienced by triathletes during training and competition, as well as how psychological factors influence this experience. Pain catastrophizing and pain expectations were found to be unique predictors of triathlon pain intensity and pain unpleasantness.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lorena Gutierrez, Carmen ecija, Patricia Catala, Cecilia Penacoba
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of pain-avoidance goals and pain catastrophizing on pain perception in women with fibromyalgia after a 6-minute walking test. The results showed that pain-avoidance goals mediated the relationship between sedentary behavior and pain, and pain catastrophizing moderated the relationship between preference for pain-avoidance goals and pain perception. Higher levels of pain catastrophizing contributed to increased pain perceptions after completing the test.
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Clinical Neurology
Victoria A. Grunberg, Ryan A. Mace, Sarah M. Bannon, Jonathan Greenberg, Jafar Bakhshaie, Ana-Maria Vranceanu
Summary: The study suggests that pain catastrophizing and mindfulness are important intervention targets to enhance emotional functioning for chronic pain patients, and should be considered simultaneously in interventions.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Giorgia Varallo, Federica Scarpina, Emanuele Maria Giusti, Carlos Suso-Ribera, Roberto Cattivelli, Anna Guerrini Usubini, Paolo Capodaglio, Gianluca Castelnuovo
Summary: Psychological factors such as pain catastrophizing and pain acceptance play a role in physical functioning in patients with fibromyalgia, affecting both self-reported and performance-based levels. Multidisciplinary interventions targeting these psychological factors may be effective in improving both perceived and performance-based functioning in patients.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2021)
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Psychiatry
Asish Subedi, Krishna Pokharel, Birendra Prasad Sah, Pashupati Chaudhary
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between preoperative N-PCS scores and postoperative pain intensity and total opioid consumption. The results showed that preoperative pain catastrophizing was positively correlated with postoperative pain intensity and total tramadol consumption.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
(2021)
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Rehabilitation
Liesbet De Baets, Nele Devoogdt, Vincent Haenen, Margaux Evenepoel, Lore Dams, Ann Smeets, Patrick Neven, Inge Geraerts, Tessa De Vrieze, An De Groef
Summary: Pain intensity and cognition-related factors are significantly associated with upper limb function in women with pain and myofascial dysfunctions after breast cancer surgery, highlighting the importance of assessing pain beliefs.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Holly B. Ende, Ruth Landau, Naida M. Cole, Sara M. Burns, Brian T. Bateman, Melissa E. Bauer, Jessica L. Booth, Pamela Flood, Lisa R. Leffert, Timothy T. Houle, Lawrence C. Tsen
Summary: The study found that women with intrapartum cesarean delivery experienced higher pain scores on the day of surgery, increased opioid use after discharge, but similar pain scores at other time points compared to women without labor prior to cesarean delivery.
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Clinical Neurology
Joane Le Carre, Francois Luthi, Cyrille Burrus, Michel Konzelmann, Philippe Vuistiner, Bertrand Leger, Charles Benaim
Summary: The purpose of this study was to reduce and validate the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) questionnaires for use in outpatient and clinical settings. The reduced questionnaires showed acceptable psychometric properties and can be administered quickly, making them suitable for use in chronic musculoskeletal pain patients.
JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Julia R. Craner, Matthew E. Schumann, Aex Barr, Eleshia J. Morrison, Eric S. Lake, Bruce Sutor, Lindsay G. Flegge, Wesley P. Gilliam
Summary: The study suggests that interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs (IPRPs) can effectively improve depressive symptoms by increasing pain self-efficacy and reducing a sense of helplessness. Both individual and group formats of IPRP demonstrated significant treatment effects, providing evidence for the treatment mechanisms in IPRP.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
