scholarly journals Osteopathic Manual Treatment for Pain Severity, Functional Improvement, and Return to Work in Patients With Chronic Pain

2020 ◽  
Vol 120 (12) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Yasir Rehman ◽  
Hannah Ferguson ◽  
Adelina Bozek ◽  
Joshua Blair ◽  
Ashley Allison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Functional Improvement ◽  
Manual Treatment

Social Anxiety, Pain Catastrophizing and Return-To-Work Self-Efficacy in chronic pain: a cross-sectional study

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Thomtén ◽  
Katja Boersma ◽  
Ida Flink ◽  
Maria Tillfors
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Pain Interference ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Ability

AbstractBackground and aimsReturning to work after periods of sick-leave due to chronic pain problems, involve a number of situations of interpersonal nature (e.g. meeting supervisors/insurance companies to adapt work setting to present functional level, receive help from colleagues, express pain, etc.). Since chronic pain has shown co-morbidity with social anxiety, it is of interest to investigate restraining factors in return to work among chronic pain sufferers from a social perspective. Catastrophizing is identified in both pain and social anxiety as a mechanism that might fuel a continuous bias in how situations are perceived (threat) and by hindering the development of functional behavior strategies. The presence of social anxiety in chronic pain patients might be seen as a stressor that limits the individuals’ ability to effectively communicate pain-related needs to colleagues, and/or employers and therefore act as a hindering factor in return-to-work. Hence, the overall aim of this study was to examine the relationship between social anxiety, pain catastrophizing, and perceived ability to communicate pain-related needs to the work environment in a clinical pain population.MethodsThe study employed a cross-sectional design and involved 247 individuals with chronic pain (82.3% women; Mage = 44 years). Measures included the Pain catastrophizing Scale, the Social Phobia Screening Questionnaire and the communication of pain-related needs-subscale of the Return-To-Work Self-efficacy Questionnaire. Analyzes were run to examine whether social anxiety moderated the relation between pain catastrophizing, and perceived ability to communicate pain-related needs while controlling for pain severity/interference and sick leave.ResultsSocial anxiety and pain catastrophizing correlated positively with each other and negatively with perceived ability to communicate pain-related needs. No support was obtained for a moderating effect of social anxiety. However, social anxiety and pain interference were each significant predictors of the individual’s confidence in being able to communicate pain-related needs to the work environment.ConclusionsIn the context of pain and work-related communication, symptoms of social anxiety was identified as being of similar importance to the outcome as pain interference, while pain severity was not associated with the individual’s confidence in communicating one’s pain-related needs.ImplicationsThe results implicate that fears relating to pain-related social situations at work might be central in the process of return-to-work and rehabilitation in chronic pain.

Chronic pain severity, impact, and opioid use among patients with cancer: An analysis of biopsychosocial factors using the CHOIR learning health care system

Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desiree R. Azizoddin ◽  
Kristin Schreiber ◽  
Meghan R. Beck ◽  
Andrea C. Enzinger ◽  
Valerie Hruschak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Learning Health Care System ◽  
Care System

Anxiety sensitivity, pain severity and co-use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes among adults with chronic pain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Powers ◽  
Lisa R. LaRowe ◽  
Emma C. Lape ◽  
Michael J. Zvolensky ◽  
Joseph W. Ditre
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Pain Severity

scholarly journals The Prevalence and Severity of Chronic Pain in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205435812199399
Author(s):  
Sara N. Davison ◽  
Sarah Rathwell ◽  
Sunita Ghosh ◽  
Chelsy George ◽  
Ted Pfister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Chronic Pain Management ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Severity Scores ◽  
The Mean

Background: Chronic pain is a common and distressing symptom reported by patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Clinical practice and research in this area do not appear to be advancing sufficiently to address the issue of chronic pain management in patients with CKD. Objectives: To determine the prevalence and severity of chronic pain in patients with CKD. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting: Interventional and observational studies presenting data from 2000 or later. Exclusion criteria included acute kidney injury or studies that limited the study population to a specific cause, symptom, and/or comorbidity. Patients: Adults with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) category 3 to 5 CKD including dialysis patients and those managed conservatively without dialysis. Measurements: Data extracted included title, first author, design, country, year of data collection, publication year, mean age, stage of CKD, prevalence of pain, and severity of pain. Methods: Databases searched included MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library, last searched on February 3, 2020. Two reviewers independently screened all titles and abstracts, assessed potentially relevant articles, and extracted data. We estimated pooled prevalence of overall chronic pain, musculoskeletal pain, bone/joint pain, muscle pain/soreness, and neuropathic pain and the I2 statistic was computed to measure heterogeneity. Random effects models were used to account for variations in study design and sample populations and a double arcsine transformation was used in the model calculations to account for potential overweighting of studies reporting either very high or very low prevalence measurements. Pain severity scores were calibrated to a score out of 10, to compare across studies. Weighted mean severity scores and 95% confidence intervals were reported. Results: Sixty-eight studies representing 16 558 patients from 26 countries were included. The mean prevalence of chronic pain in hemodialysis patients was 60.5%, and the mean prevalence of moderate or severe pain was 43.6%. Although limited, pain prevalence data for peritoneal dialysis patients (35.9%), those managed conservatively without dialysis (59.8%), those following withdrawal of dialysis (39.2%), and patients with earlier GFR category of CKD (61.2%) suggest similarly high prevalence rates. Limitations: Studies lacked a consistent approach to defining the chronicity and nature of pain. There was also variability in the measures used to determine pain severity, limiting the ability to compare findings across populations. Furthermore, most studies reported mean severity scores for the entire cohort, rather than reporting the prevalence (numerator and denominator) for each of the pain severity categories (mild, moderate, and severe). Mean severity scores for a population do not allow for “responder analyses” nor allow for an understanding of clinically relevant pain. Conclusions: Chronic pain is common and often severe across diverse CKD populations providing a strong imperative to establish chronic pain management as a clinical and research priority. Future research needs to move toward a better understanding of the determinants of chronic pain and to evaluating the effectiveness of pain management strategies with particular attention to the patient outcomes such as overall symptom burden, physical function, and quality of life. The current variability in the outcome measures used to assess pain limits the ability to pool data or make comparisons among studies, which will hinder future evaluations of the efficacy and effectiveness of treatments. Recommendations for measuring and reporting pain in future CKD studies are provided. Trial registration: PROSPERO Registration number CRD42020166965

Pain and Psychological Outcomes Among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with Chronic Pain and PTSD: ESCAPE Trial Longitudinal Results

Pain Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1369-1376
Author(s):  
Matthew J Bair ◽  
Samantha D Outcalt ◽  
Dennis Ang ◽  
Jingwei Wu ◽  
Zhangsheng Yu
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Psychological Outcomes ◽  
Stepped Care ◽  
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Escape Trial ◽  
Care Intervention

Abstract Objective To compare pain and psychological outcomes in veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain and comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or pain alone and to determine if veterans with comorbidity respond differently to a stepped-care intervention than those with pain alone. Design Secondary analysis of data from the Evaluation of Stepped Care for Chronic Pain (ESCAPE) trial. Setting Six Veterans Health Affairs clinics. Subjects Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (N = 222) with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Methods Longitudinal analysis of veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain and PTSD or pain alone and available baseline and nine-month trial data. Participants randomized to either usual care or a stepped-care intervention were analyzed. The pain–PTSD comorbidity group screened positive for PTSD and had a PTSD Checklist–Civilian score ≥41 at baseline. Results T tests demonstrated statistically significant differences and worse outcomes on pain severity, pain cognitions, and psychological outcomes in veterans with comorbid pain and PTSD compared with those with pain alone. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) modeling change scores from baseline to nine months indicated no statistically significant differences, controlling for PTSD, on pain severity, pain centrality, or pain self-efficacy. Significant differences emerged for pain catastrophizing (t = 3.10, P < 0.01), depression (t = 3.39, P < 0.001), and anxiety (t = 3.80, P < 0.001). The interaction between PTSD and the stepped-care intervention was not significant. Conclusions Veterans with the pain–PTSD comorbidity demonstrated worse pain and psychological outcomes than those with chronic pain alone. These findings indicate a more intense chronic pain experience for veterans when PTSD co-occurs with pain. PTSD did not lead to a differential response to a stepped-care intervention.

scholarly journals Chronic Pain Severity in Opioid-Dependent Patients

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Potter ◽  
Sara J. Shiffman ◽  
Roger D. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Severity

scholarly journals Longitudinal association between pain severity and subsequent opioid use in prescription opioid dependent patients with chronic pain

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 216-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Griffin ◽  
Katherine A. McDermott ◽  
R. Kathryn McHugh ◽  
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice ◽  
Robert N. Jamison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Prescription Opioid ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Longitudinal Association

scholarly journals Chronic pain, pain severity and analgesia use in Australian women of reproductive age

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. e272-e278 ◽  
Author(s):  
April M. Miller ◽  
Kristy Sanderson ◽  
Raimondo B. Bruno ◽  
Monique Breslin ◽  
Amanda L. Neil
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age
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