scholarly journals Brief, Self-Report Fibromyalgia Screener Evaluated in a Sample of Chronic Pain Patients

Pain Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn A. Marcus ◽  
Cheryl Bernstein ◽  
Kara L. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

Relationship Between Social Desirability and Self-Report in Chronic Pain Patients

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa L. Deshields ◽  
Raymond C. Tait ◽  
Jeffrey D. Gfeller ◽  
John T. Chibnall
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

scholarly journals Development of a self-report screening instrument for assessing potential opioid medication misuse in chronic pain patients

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 440-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L Adams ◽  
Robert J Gatchel ◽  
Richard C Robinson ◽  
Peter Polatin ◽  
Noor Gajraj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Screening Instrument ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Opioid Medication ◽  
Medication Misuse ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

Does validation and alliance during the multimodal investigation affect patients’ acceptance of chronic pain? An experimental single case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Svanberg ◽  
Ann-Christin Johansson ◽  
Katja Boersma
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Therapeutic Effect ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Pain Coping ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Pain Patients

Abstract Background and aims Among chronic pain patients who are referred to participation in a multimodal rehabilitation program (MMRP), pain catastrophizing and dysfunctional pain coping is common. In many cases it may have driven the patient to a range of unsuccessful searches for biomedical explanations and pain relief. Often these efforts have left patients feeling disappointed, hopeless and misunderstood. The MMRP process can be preceded by a multimodal investigation (MMI) where an important effort is to validate the patient to create a good alliance and begin a process of change towards acceptance of the pain. However, whether the MMI has such therapeutic effect is unclear. Using a repeated single case experimental design, the purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of MMI by studying changes in patients’ experience of validation, alliance, acceptance of pain, coping, catastrophizing, and depression before and during the MMI process. Methods Participants were six chronic pain patients with high levels of pain catastrophizing (>25 on the Pain Catastrophizing Scale) and risk for long term disability (>105 on the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire) who were subjected to MMI before planned MMRP. For each patient, weekly self-report measures of validation, alliance and acceptance of pain were obtained during a 5–10-weeks baseline, before the MMI started. Subsequently, these measures were also obtained during a 6–8 weeks MMI process in order to enable comparative analyses. Additionally, pain coping, depression and pain catastrophizing were measured using standardized questionnaires before and after the MMI. Results Irrespective of experiences of validation and alliance before MMI, all six patients felt validated and experienced a good alliance during MMI. Acceptance of pain improved only in one patient during MMI. None of the patients showed clinically relevant improvement in pain coping, depression or catastrophizing after the MMI. Conclusions The patients did not change their acceptance and pain coping strategies despite of good alliance and experience of validation during the MMI process. Even if the design of this study precludes generalization to chronic pain patients in general, the results suggest that MMI may not have a therapeutic effect.

Validity of self-report measures of depression in chronic pain patients

Pain ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. S188
Author(s):  
J. A. Turner ◽  
W. E. Haley ◽  
J. M. Romano ◽  
A. Suarez
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

scholarly journals Pre-Exposure Cybersickness Assessment Within a Chronic Pain Population in Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip Brown ◽  
Wendy Powell
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Symptom Reporting ◽  
Simulator Sickness ◽  
Post Exposure ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Zero Baseline ◽  
Pain Patients

Virtual Reality (VR) is being increasingly explored as an adjunctive therapy for distraction from symptoms of chronic pain. However, using VR often causes cybersickness; a condition with symptoms similar to those of motion and simulator sickness. Cybersickness is commonly assessed using self-report questionnaires, such as the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ), and is traditionally conducted post-exposure. It’s usually safe to assume a zero baseline of cybersickness as participants are not anticipated to be exhibiting any sickness symptoms pre-exposure. However, amongst populations such as chronic pain patients, it’s not unusual to experience symptoms of their condition or medication which could have a confounding influence on cybersickness symptom reporting. Therefore, in population groups where illness and medication use is common, assuming baseline is not necessarily desirable. This study aimed to investigate cybersickness baseline recordings amongst a chronic pain population, and highlights how deviations from an assumed baseline may incorrectly infer adverse effects arising from VR exposure. A repeated measures study design was used, in which twelve participants were assessed pre and post VR exposure via SSQ. Significant differences were found between actual and assumed pre-exposure baseline scores. Furthermore, we found significant differences between actual and assumed increases in cybersickness scores from baseline to post exposure. This study highlights that clinical sub-populations cannot be assumed to have a zero baseline SSQ score, and this should be taken into consideration when evaluating the usability of VR systems or interventions for participants from different demographics.

Pain Influences Several Levels of Attention

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid von Bueren Jarchow ◽  
Bogdan P. Radanov ◽  
Lutz Jäncke
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Divided Attention ◽  
Covert Attention ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Attentional Deficits ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Divided Attention Task ◽  
Pain Stimuli ◽  
Pain Patients

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine to what extent chronic pain has an impact on various attentional processes. To measure these attention processes a set of experimental standard tests of the “Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung” (TAP), a neuropsychological battery testing different levels of attention, were used: alertness, divided attention, covert attention, vigilance, visual search, and Go-NoGo tasks. 24 chronic outpatients and 24 well-matched healthy control subjects were tested. The control subjects were matched for age, gender, and education. The group of chronic pain patients exhibited marked deficiencies in all attentional functions except for the divided attention task. Thus, the data supports the notion that chronic pain negatively influences attention because pain patients` attention is strongly captivated by the internal pain stimuli. Only the more demanding divided attention task has the capability to distract the focus of attention to the pain stimuli. Therefore, the pain patients are capable of performing within normal limits. Based on these findings chronic pain patients' attentional deficits should be appropriately evaluated and considered for insurance and work related matters. The effect of a successful distraction away from the pain in the divided attention task can also open new therapeutic aspects.

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