Reducing Perceived Pain Intensity during Intravitreal Injections by Patient Handholding

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic back pain, data on the subjective outcomes of perceived pain intensity (as measured by the Visual Analogue Scale Horizontal) and perceived level of disability (as measured by the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire), and the objective outcome of functional capacity (as measured by the West Standardised Evaluation), were collected on 51 subjects prior to entry into a back pain rehabilitation programme and at discharge. The results at discharge showed a significant reduction in the perceived level of disability and a significant Increase in the functional capacity. The perceived pain intensity did not change significantly. The discussion focuses on the importance of directing therapeutic interventions towards increasing physical function rather than concentrating on the reduction or elimination of pain.

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Mania reduces perceived pain intensity in patients with chronic pain: preliminary evidence from retrospective archival data

Journal of Pain Research ◽

10.2147/jpr.s88120 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ian Boggero ◽

Jonathan Cole

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Pain Intensity ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Archival Data ◽

Perceived Pain

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Spinal Cord-Midbrain Functional Connectivity Is Related to Perceived Pain Intensity: A Combined Spino-Cortical fMRI Study

Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1523/jneurosci.4897-14.2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 35 (10) ◽

pp. 4248-4257 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

C. Sprenger ◽

J. Finsterbusch ◽

C. Buchel

Keyword(s):

Spinal Cord ◽

Functional Connectivity ◽

Pain Intensity ◽

Fmri Study ◽

Perceived Pain

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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Perceived Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Headache

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v8n4p142 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 142 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

Nour Mohammad Bakhshani ◽

Ahmadreza Amirani ◽

Hamed Amirifard ◽

Mahnaz Shahrakipoor

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Pain Intensity ◽

Stress Reduction ◽

Chronic Headache ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Pharmacological Intervention ◽

Control Group ◽

Perceived Pain ◽

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

<p>The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress reduction (MBSR) on perceived pain intensity and quality of life in patients with chronic headache. Thus, forty patients based on the diagnosis of a neurologist and diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS) for migraine and chronic tension-type headache were selected and randomly assigned to the intervention group and control group, respectively. The participants completed the Pain and quality of life (SF-36) questionnaire. The intervention group enrolled in an eight-week MBSR program that incorporated meditation and daily home practice, per week, session of 90-minutes. Results of covariance analysis with the elimination of the pre-test showed significantly improvement of pain and quality of life in the intervention group compared with the control group. The findings from this study revealed that MBSR can be used non-pharmacological intervention for improvement the quality of life and development of strategies to cope with pain in patients with chronic headache. And can be used in combination with other therapies such as pharmacotherapy.</p>

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Depressive Attribution Style and Stressor Uncontrollability Increase Perceived Pain Intensity after Electrical Skin Stimuli in Healthy Young Men

Pain Research and Management ◽

10.1155/2013/263084 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 203-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Matthias J Müller

Keyword(s):

Pain Intensity ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Pain Perception ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Stress Exposure ◽

Psychological Pain ◽

Attribution Style ◽

Intensity Perception ◽

Perceived Pain ◽

Electrical Skin

BACKGROUND: Depressive and pain symptoms often occur concurrently in patients with psychiatric disorders or somatic diseases, but the contribution of pre-existing dysfunctional cognitive schemata to pain perception remains unclear.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between depression-related attribution styles and perceived pain intensity (PPI) after controllable versus uncontrollable electrical skin stimulation in healthy male individuals.METHODS: Causal attributions for negative events were measured using the attribution style questionnaire (ASQ) on the dimensions internal versus external (INT), global versus specific (GLO) and stable versus unstable (STA) in 50 men (20 to 31 years of age). Additionally, symptoms of anxiety and depression (measured using the Depression Scale) as well as baseline helplessness were assessed. Participants were randomly assigned to receive self-administered (controllable) or experimenter-administered (uncontrollable) painful skin stimuli. PPI was assessed after stress exposure using a visual analogue scale (0 to 100). Relationships between PPI and depression-related cognitions were calculated using correlation and multiple regression analyses.RESULTS: Correlation analyses revealed a moderate correlation between PPI and ASQ-INT scores (r=0.46). Following uncontrollable stress exposure, significantly higher PPI ratings (P=0.001) and a higher correlation between PPI and ASQ-INT (r=0.70) were observed. Multiple regression analysis showed an independent influence of stressor controllability (ß=0.39; P=0.003) and ASQ-INT (ß=0.36; P=0.006) on PPI.DISCUSSION: These findings highlight the interaction of specific depression-related cognitions and stress controllability on pain intensity perception.CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study may facilitate understanding of the cognitive aspects of pain intensity perception and improve psychological pain therapies focusing on attributions and controllability.

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The amplitude of the evoked potential to painful stimulation may not always correlate with the perceived pain intensity

European Journal of Anaesthesiology ◽

10.1097/00003643-199701000-00050 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 86-87

Author(s):

S. PETERSEN-FELIX ◽

L. ARENDT-NIELSEN ◽

M. FISCHER ◽

A. M. ZBINDEN

Keyword(s):

Pain Intensity ◽

Evoked Potential ◽

Painful Stimulation ◽

Perceived Pain

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The effects of attachment style and security priming on the perception of others’ pain

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407515627509 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 184-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yangu Pan ◽

Dajun Zhang ◽

Yanling Liu ◽

Guangming Ran ◽

Zhaojun Teng

Keyword(s):

Pain Intensity ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Adult Attachment ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Attachment Anxiety ◽

Future Research ◽

Anxious Attachment ◽

Priming Paradigm ◽

Perceived Pain ◽

Preoccupied Attachment

Abundant evidence has demonstrated a relationship between adult attachment and the experience of one’s own pain. However, few studies have investigated the associations between adult attachment and perception of others’ pain. The current studies examined the effects of attachment style and security priming on the perception of others’ pain. In Study 1, we explored the influence of avoidant and anxious attachment styles on the perception of pain in pictures representing pain or no pain. The results indicated that individuals high on anxiety and low on avoidance (i.e., preoccupied attachment style) reported more pain intensity and unpleasantness for painful pictures; individuals high on both anxiety and avoidance (i.e., fearful attachment style) reported less pain intensity for painful pictures. In Study 2, we examined the effects of security priming and attachment style on the perception of pain in pictures representing pain or no pain by adopting a security priming paradigm. The results suggested that security priming attenuated perceived pain intensity for painful pictures for individuals with high attachment anxiety. In Study 3, we used another well-validated security priming paradigm; results indicated that security priming reduced perceived pain intensity for pain pictures among individuals high on anxiety and low on avoidance (i.e., preoccupied attachment style) but increased perceived pain intensity for painful pictures among individuals high on both anxiety and avoidance (i.e., fearful attachment style). Directions for future research, clinical implications, and limitations of the present studies are discussed.

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