scholarly journals Relationship between Body Mass Index and the Sub-Dimensions of the Brief Pain Inventory in Chronic Pain Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. p77
Author(s):  
Dominic A. Hegarty ◽  
Ger Batt ◽  
Jonathan Brackett
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Brief Pain Inventory ◽  
General Activity ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Dimension Score ◽  
Elevated Body Mass Index ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

Individuals with chronic pain find it hard to exercise which often results in an elevated Body Mass Index (BMI). Often these individuals only have mild to moderate structural or biomechanical reasons to explain their pain yet their fear of pain seems to influence their functional capacity before any biomechanical mechanism actually prevents them doing so.A retrospective analysis of 25 individuals with a diagnosis of chronic pain (>3 months duration) to establish anthropometric measures, pain severity and Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) questionnaire including the affective sub-dimension score (REM: relations with others, enjoyment of life, and mood) and the activity subdimension score (WAW: walking, general activity, and work) were assessed.BMI was shown to have a significant effect on the overall daily functional BPI score as assessed using ANOVA, F (4,110) = 29.4, p<0.05, with an effect size w = 0.5. Turkey HSD tests to compare all groups identified a significant relationship between BMI and (i) pain (p<0.05), (ii) REM (p<0.05), and (iii) sleep (p<0.05).These results would suggest that individuals who are overweight and who show higher REM scores on the BPI assessment may benefit from early psychological counselling rather than physical therapy.

scholarly journals Validation of the Persian Version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-P) in Chronic Pain Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-138.e2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Majedi ◽  
S. Sharareh Dehghani ◽  
Saeed Soleyman-Jahi ◽  
S. Ali Emami Meibodi ◽  
S. Mohammad Mireskandari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Brief Pain Inventory ◽  
Persian Version ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

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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