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Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Research

The reciprocal effect of pain catastrophizing and satisfaction with participation in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic back pain

Author: Erik Farin

Published in: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Background

The aim of the study was to examine the reciprocity between pain catastrophizing, social participation and quality of life outcomes (pain intensity, pain disability, negative affectivity) in patients with low back pain in a multidisciplinary pain treatment.

Methods

Patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation were surveyed at the beginning and two weeks after the end of rehabilitation. N = 262 low back pain patients participated (mean age: 52.2, 62.1 % female). A two-wave cross-lagged design and structural equation modeling were used to analyze data.

Results

We found evidence of reciprocal relations with regard to several outcomes. For example, pain catastrophizing at the beginning of treatment is associated with negative affectivity after rehabilitation, and the post-treatment value of pain catastrophizing is associated with pain disability and satisfaction with participation at the start of treatment. Pain disability and pain catastrophizing are predictors of lower treatment outcome while pain intensity and negative affectivity are not risk factors. Participation stands in a reciprocal relationship with some of the pain treatment outcomes. The surprising result, namely, that those patients more satisfied with social participation experience less improvement regarding catastrophizing, can be explained by ceiling effects and the Communal Coping Model.

Conclusions

This study provides evidence of the importance of taking reciprocal relations among pain catastrophizing, social participation and other pain outcomes into account. Providers of multidisciplinary pain treatment need to play attention to patients at risk with high disability and catastrophizing thoughts. Pain treatment would benefit from closer integration of psychosocial measures to foster social participation.
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Metadata
Title
The reciprocal effect of pain catastrophizing and satisfaction with participation in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with chronic back pain
Author
Erik Farin
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-015-0359-5

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