scholarly journals Pain Intensity Is Not Always Associated with Poorer Health Status: Exploring the Moderating Role of Spouse Personality

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Suso-Ribera ◽  
Michael J. L. Sullivan ◽  
Santiago Suso-Vergara
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship

Background. Past decades have seen a surge of studies investigating the role of spouses in chronic illness. The present study explored an interpersonal model of health-related quality of life in chronic pain settings. Spouse personality was tested as a moderator of pain intensity-to-health associations in patients with chronic pain. Methods. This is a cross-sectional study. Participants were 185 noncancer chronic pain patients and their spouses. Patients were mostly females (58.4%). Mean age was approximately 56 years for patients and spouses. Patients completed a measure of pain intensity, health-related quality of life, and personality. Spouses also reported on their personality characteristics. Spouse personality was used as the moderator in the relationship between patients’ pain intensity and health status. Patient personality was used as a covariate in the moderation analyses. Results. Spouse neuroticism moderated the relationship between pain intensity and physical health status, while spouse introversion moderated the pain-to-mental health association. Conclusions. Results support the idea that the relationship between a chronic stressor, namely, chronic pain, and health-related quality of life may be complex and contextually determined by spousal characteristics. Clinical implications are discussed in the context of couples.

scholarly journals The relationship between chronic pain and health-related quality of life in long-term social assistance recipients in Norway

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1457-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borghild Løyland ◽  
Christine Miaskowski ◽  
Steven M. Paul ◽  
Espen Dahl ◽  
Tone Rustøen
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Pain Frequency-Severity-Duration Scale as a Measure of Pain: Preliminary Validation in a Pediatric Chronic Pain Sample

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Salamon ◽  
W. Hobart Davies ◽  
Melissa R. Fuentes ◽  
Steven J. Weisman ◽  
Keri R. Hainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Pain Clinic ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Pain Frequency

Typically, pain is measured by intensity and sensory characteristics. Although intensity is one of the most common dimensions of pain assessment, it has been suggested that measuring pain intensity in isolation is only capturing part of the pain experience and may not lead to an accurate measurement of how pain impacts a child’s daily functioning. The current study aimed to develop a measure that would capture pain intensity along with frequency and duration in a clinical sample of youth diagnosed with chronic pain. The pain-frequency-severity-duration (PFSD) scale was developed and data were collected from a multidisciplinary pain clinic at a large, midwestern children’s hospital. Validated measures of functional limitations and health related quality of life were also collected. Significant correlations were found between the PFSD composite score, functional limitations, and health related quality of life. Future research should continue to evaluate this questionnaire utilizing other validated pain measures and other areas potentially impacted by chronic pain and with more diverse samples. This initial finding suggests that the PFSD is a convenient self-reported measure and is strongly related to health related quality of life and functional disability.

scholarly journals Role of educational level in the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQL) among rural Spanish women

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
María José García-Mendizábal ◽  
José Miguel Carrasco ◽  
Beatriz Pérez-Gómez ◽  
Nuria Aragonés ◽  
Pilar Guallar-Castillón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Spanish Women ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Role of Physical Activity in the Relationship between Satisfaction with Life and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Age Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Santos Villafaina ◽  
Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano ◽  
Mikel Vaquero-Solís ◽  
Juan Luis León-Llamas ◽  
Pedro Antonio Sánchez-Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship

(1) Background: Adolescence is a critical stage in the development of healthy habits. In this regard, physical activity has emerged as a useful tool to improve satisfaction with life and health-related quality of life in adolescents. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the mediating role of physical activity in the relationship between satisfaction with life and health-related quality of life in adolescent boys and girls. Also, we aimed to investigate the differences between sexes in the HRQoL, physical activity level, and satisfaction with life. (2) Methods: A total of 297 adolescents, ranging in age from 11 to 12 years (11.46 ± 1.63), participated in this cross-sectional study. The Satisfaction with life scale, Physical activity Questionnaire for Adolescents and the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaires were employed. (3) Results: The estimated indirect effect showed that physical activity level was a mediator of the positive effect of satisfaction with life on health-related quality of life (β = 0.105, 95% CI = 0.031; 0.202). However, the index of moderated mediation showed that sex is not a significant moderator of the mediating role of physical activity in the relationship between satisfaction with life and HRQoL (β = −0.033, 95% CI = −0.023, 0.136). Furthermore, significant differences in satisfaction with life were found, with girls manifesting lower values (p-value = 0.026). (4) Conclusion: This study shows the importance of physical activity during adolescence and the association of this behavior with the health-related quality of life of adolescents.

scholarly journals The relationship between asthma control and health-related quality of life in asthma and the role of atopy: a cross-sectional study of Nigerian adult asthmatics

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olayemi Fehintola Awopeju ◽  
Oluwasina Titus Salami ◽  
Adebola Adetiloye ◽  
Bamidele Olaiya Adeniyi ◽  
Olufemi Olanisun Adewole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Relationship
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