Investigating the Relationship Between Skeletal-Muscular Pains and Quality of Life among Nursing and Midwifery Students

Raisi²,

Kolivand³

2022

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the prediction of pain catastrophizing based on pain anxiety symptoms and cognitive flexibility in cancer patients Method and Materials: In this cross-sectional study all cancer patients in Tehran in 2021-22 were the target population. Among this population 250 cancer patients were selected via candidate and at reach sampling method. Then the selected patients completed the Paknejad et al.`s Pain Anxiety Symptoms (2014), Sullivan et al. `s Pain Catastrophizing Pain (1995), and Dennis et al.`s (2010) Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire. For data analysis, Pearson correlation and step by step regression analysis were used. Data were analyzed by SPSS-24.Findings: There was a relationship between cognitive flexibility and pain anxiety symptoms with pain catastrophizing (P0.01>). The relationship between pain catastrophizing with pain anxiety symptoms was positive. However, there was a negative relationship between pain catastrophizing and cognitive flexibility. Moreover, catastrophizing pain could be predicted based on anxiety symptoms and cognitive flexibility. Conclusion: To conclude, it seems in cancer patients some cognitive factors have important roles in pain catastrophizing as pain anxiety symptoms and cognitive flexibility.

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confidence: 99%

Predicting Pain Catastrophizing based on Pain Anxiety Symptoms and Cognitive Flexibility in Cancer Patients

Raisi²,

Kolivand³

2022

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“…Pain is a concept that can be studied from various dimensions like psychological aspects as quality of life and self-efficacy and other instances [1,2] . As pain intervenes in all aspects of life, it can be examined from different viewpoints according to gender, illness and age groups [3] .…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding Cancer Patients' Lived Experience of Pain through Metaphors: A Qualitative Study

Riyassi²

2022

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experience of pain metaphors in cancer patients. Method and Materials:The method of this study was qualitative with hermeneutic phenomenological approach. The study population included all cancer patients in Tehran in 2021-2022 who experienced pain from cancer and its treatment. According to the theoretical saturation rule, 20 cancer patients in stages 2 and 3 of the cancer were selected by purposive method and interviewed in-depth and semi-structured manner. The interview lasted from 40 to 90 minutes. The time and place of the interviews were determined by the participants. Questions with a general question as to what you analogized your experience with cancer and its treatments. After each interview and recording it, the content of the interview was written in fully. The extracted data were analyzed using the method of hermeneutic analysis of Diekelmann et al. (1989). Findings: According to interpretive hermeneutic analysis; lived experiences of pain in cancer patients are 4 main themes including; the metaphor of lived war, the metaphor of lived scheduled pain cage, the metaphor of living in dark future with pain and the metaphor of lived with overload pain. Conclusion: To conclude, metaphors have important role in pain expressions. Researchers suggest cognitive therapies to change metaphors of pain.

“…Extensive theories and researches have been presented with the aim of determining the psychological factors affecting pain [1] .Pain can affect patient and non-patients' entire lives, in other words, their quality of life [2,3] . In 1965, Melzac and Casey proposed the gate control theory for pain.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Relationships between Depression, Self-Efficacy, Physical Disability and Chronic Pain

Tehranizadeh

2020

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Chronic pain may be related to a set of biological-psychological-social factors.The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships betweendepression, pain selfefficacy ,physical disability andchronic pain. Method and Instruments: This study hada descriptive -correlational method. In this study 100 patient with chronic pain who were referred to pain clinics in Tehran (2018) were studied.The sample was selected by purposive sampling method. The participants completed the physical disability questionnaire, pain self-efficacy questionnaire, Beck depression inventory and pain history questionnaire. To test the hypotheses,Pearson correlation and multiple regression tests were used. Data were analyzed by SPSS-25. Findings: Depression, pain self-efficacy and physical disability inpatient with chronic pain were assessed. According to the results of this study, 9.6% of the variance in chronic pain in patient with chronic painwere explained by depression, pain self-efficacy and physical disability. Conclusion:To conclude, it seems that chronic pain is affected by some psychological and physiological factors as depression and self-efficacy and physical disabilities.