Psychological aspects of chronic pain: a literature review

Walker, Susan P.

doi:10.1080/22201173.2005.10872415

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“…Emotional and affective aspects of pain might shape pain perception particularly in patients with chronic pain. 45 , 60 , 67 We thus focused on the emotional aspects of pain-related learning and assessed cue valence ratings repeatedly throughout the different experimental phases. This allowed us to capture the temporal dynamics of pain-related threat and safety learning.…”

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Impaired pain-related threat and safety learning in patients with chronic back pain

Schlitt¹,

Schmidt²,

Merz

et al. 2021

Pain

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Impaired pain-related threat and safety learning in patients with chronic back pain

Schlitt¹,

Schmidt²,

Merz

et al. 2021

Pain

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“…Taking into account that there appears to be a consistent relationship between chronic pain and experience of emotional distress particularly, major depression and anxiety disorder, it is prudent to examine the elements of this relationship in more details. Numerous interpretative and mental processes appear to have modified or controlling influences on the dynamic of the relationship between chronic pain and emotional distress (Walker, 2005). Some of the most striking examples consist of selfefficacy, somatisation, catastrophizing, and fear-avoidance.…”

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“…Each of these constituents adds a particular trait to the demonstration of pain associated with emotional distress. What is more, part of patients' emotional instabilities was an outcome of one of these constituents (Walker, 2005). Robinson and Riley (1999) explained somatisation as being prone to experience a greater extent of physiological sensations or a person's susceptibility to wrong categorization of symptoms related to emotional arousal (Robinson and Riley, 1999).…”

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“…It is not uncommon for some of the CP patients to have a tendency in depicting a catastrophic picture of their current existing pain situation, and the potential next stage in terms of the unknown future of their condition. These patients are generally likely to exaggerate the enfeebling impact that pain has on their productivity and therefore, are much more susceptible to become considerably less active or identify themselves as incapacitated (Walker, 2005). Additionally, a catastrophic way of thinking can also adversely impact the patient's interpretations and evaluations of received social and emotional support from loved ones.…”

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Chronic Pain and Etiology of Psychological Disturbances

Arbabi¹

2019

IJPCP

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Objective: The aim of this study was to review the impact of a possible association between self- efficacy, symptom severity, pain intensity, depression, anxiety and catastrophizing on health- related quality of life among chronic pain patients. Background: A large number of people experience and live with various types of physiological-oriented chronic pain (CP) diseases. Lives of individuals who suffer from CP may alter in various ways. Particularly, in terms of health-related quality of life after diagnosis. Even though, there has been significant increase in chronic pain research, this area of research continues to offer patients significant health repercussions. Findings: This research has discovered that, there still, is an urgent need for improvements in regard to treatment and quality of chronic pain management care. A range of literatures assessed several aspects in which CP alters the patients’ lives, as well as its potential repercussions in the workplace, on the dynamic of patients’ families, and their social environments. Methods: An exploratory review of literature alongside the implementation of a small exemplary pilot study that was solely undertaken to help further validate the results that were acquired via review of literature. The data presented in the pilot study were drawn from purposive sampling and structured survey questionnaires. Participants of the pilot study: Thirty adults (>18 years) diagnosed and currently living with various kinds of chronic physical non-cancer pain.

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Symptoms of pre-treatment anxiety are associated with the development of chronic peripheral neuropathy among colorectal cancer patients

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Graaf

Wasowicz

et al. 2022

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Purpose Identifying potentially modifiable predictors of chronic (chemotherapy-induced) peripheral neuropathy (PN) is important, especially in light of the limited treatment options. We aimed to examine pre-treatment anxiety and depressive symptoms as predictors of chronic PN symptom severity in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients up to 2 years after diagnosis. Methods Newly diagnosed CRC patients from four Dutch hospitals were eligible for participation. Patients (N = 336) completed a questionnaire on anxiety and depressive symptoms (HADS) and sensory (SPN) and motor peripheral neuropathy (MPN) (EORTC QLQ-CIPN20) before initial treatment (baseline) and 1 and 2 years after diagnosis. Patients were included in the analyses if they either developed some level of SPN or MPN symptoms, or experienced a worsening of pre-treatment SPN or MPN symptoms. Results At 1-year follow-up, 115 patients (34%) reported SPN symptoms and 134 patients (40%) reported MPN symptoms. Of these patients, SPN and MPN symptoms had not returned to baseline level at 2-year follow-up in, respectively, 51% and 54% of patients. In multivariable regression analyses, neither pre-treatment anxiety symptoms nor pre-treatment depressive symptoms were associated with SPN or MPN symptom severity at 1-year follow-up. At 2-year follow-up, pre-treatment anxiety symptoms (β = 0.44, p = 0.01), but not depressive symptoms, were associated with SPN symptom severity. Conclusions Pre-treatment anxiety symptoms, but not depressive symptoms, were associated with SPN symptom severity 2 years after diagnosis. Future studies are needed that assess whether interventions targeted to reduce anxiety before and during treatment can reduce chronic PN severity or even prevent the persistence of PN.

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Psychological aspects of chronic pain: a literature review

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

Impaired pain-related threat and safety learning in patients with chronic back pain

Impaired pain-related threat and safety learning in patients with chronic back pain

Chronic Pain and Etiology of Psychological Disturbances

Symptoms of pre-treatment anxiety are associated with the development of chronic peripheral neuropathy among colorectal cancer patients

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