Digital pain extent is associated with pain intensity but not with pain-related cognitions and disability in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional study.

To evaluate whether digital pain extent is associated with an array of psychological factors such as optimism, pessimism, expectations of recovery, pain acceptance, and pain self-efficacy beliefs as well as to analyse the association between digital pain extent and pain intensity and pain-related di...

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Autores: Luque-Suarez, Alejandro, Falla, Deborah, Barbero, Marco, Pineda-Galan, Consolacion, Marco, Derboni, Giuffrida, Vincenzo, Martinez-Calderon, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/18728
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18728
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chronic pain
Cognition
Cross-sectional
Digital pain extent
Musculoskeletal pain
Pain drawing
Chronic Pain
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disability Evaluation
Humans
Musculoskeletal Pain
Pain Measurement
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Sumario:To evaluate whether digital pain extent is associated with an array of psychological factors such as optimism, pessimism, expectations of recovery, pain acceptance, and pain self-efficacy beliefs as well as to analyse the association between digital pain extent and pain intensity and pain-related disability in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a primary health care setting was carried out including 186 individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Patient-reported outcomes were used to assess psychological factors, pain intensity, and pain-related disability. Digital pain extent was obtained from pain drawings shaded using a tablet and analysed using novel customized software. Multiple linear regression models were conducted to evaluate the association between digital pain extent and the aforementioned variables. Digital pain extent was statistically significantly associated with pain intensity. However, digital pain extent was not associated with any psychological measure nor with pain-related disability. The results did not support an association between digital pain extent and psychological measures.