Psychological Aspects of Pain and the Selection of Patients

Sternbach, Richard A.

doi:10.1093/neurosurgery/21.cn_suppl_1.323

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“…In line with other studies [e.g. Mersky, 1978;Sternbach, 1974] a fairly strong relationship was found. However, the variability was high and 3 sub jects even had negative correlations.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Relations between Pain, Anxiety, Mood and Muscle Tension in Chronic Pain Patients

Linton¹,

Götestam²

1985

Psychother Psychosom

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The relationship between psychological variables, particularly depressed mood and anxiety, and pain has received a good deal of attention. In this study, 16 chronic pain patients rated their mood, anxiety level, pain, muscle tension, and reclining time daily over a period of about 6 weeks. Correlations were calculated for each combination of variables for each individual patient. The results indicated a good deal of variability between patients. The majority of patients did have significant correlations for pain vs. mood, pain vs. anxiety, pain vs. reclining time, anxiety vs. muscle tension, anxiety vs. mood, and reclining time vs. mood. However, the size of the correlations was sometimes small, and some patients even occasionally had correlations in the opposite direction of that predicted. Overall, the data suggest that psychological variables are related to the experience of chronic pain, but that the size of the relationship may be smaller than previously thought. Furthermore, the high degree of individual variability needs to be stressed.

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“…In line with other studies [e.g. Mersky, 1978;Sternbach, 1974] a fairly strong relationship was found. However, the variability was high and 3 sub jects even had negative correlations.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Relations between Pain, Anxiety, Mood and Muscle Tension in Chronic Pain Patients

Linton¹,

Götestam²

1985

Psychother Psychosom

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“…Demographic, clinicalanamnestic and social data were collected and two self-rating scales completed: the Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) [Eysenck and Eysenck, 1975] and the Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) [Zung, 1965]. These two psychological variables were chosen as they have often been found to be associated with chronic pain [Sternbach, 1974;Blumer and Heilbronn, 1982;Magni and De Bertolini, 1983]. The EPQ is made up of 62 items and evaluates personality char acteristics such as neuroticism, extroversion/introversion and psychoticism.…”

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Psychological Findings in Chronic Anal Pain

Magni¹,

Bertolini²,

Dodi

et al. 1986

Psychopathology

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The psychological characteristics of 21 patients suffering from chronic anal pain were studied. They underwent a clinical interview and completed the Eysenck personality questionnaire, the Zung self-rating depression scale and an analogue scale for the assessment of perceived pain. Data derived from the self-rating scales were compared with those obtained from a matched control group afflicted with fissure-in-ano. The pain patients reported higher scores for neuroticism, psychoticism, depression and perceived pain than the controls. Fifty percent of the experimental group had suffered prior to the onset of pain from depressive disturbances, and 11 subjects reported at the clinical interview somatic symptoms which usually accompany depression. These results support the hypothesis that the pain symptom in some patients with chronic anal pain could represent the manifestation of an underlying depressive disturbance.

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“…The discovery of endogenous opioids have linked depression and pain. Sternbach [169] suggested that pain itself can inhibit seroton in, and thus chronic pain can deplete sero tonin and induce depression. Therefore, opiates may be ineffective in the absence of adequate serotonin.…”

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Psychopharmacological Agents in Physical Disorders

Ananth

1992

Psychother Psychosom

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Psychotropic drugs act on multiple organ systems, but their intended action is related to their effect on neurohormones and receptors in the limbic area of the brain. These drugs are also employed with benefit in a number of diverse physical disorders including immunological (arthritis), gastrointestinal (peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis), neurological (epilepsy), and hematological (leukopenia) conditions. While their clinical efficacy enhances our armamentarium to treat these disorders, understanding their mode of action in treating the physically ill patients may yield the missing link between the psyche and the soma.

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Psychological Aspects of Pain and the Selection of Patients

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Relations between Pain, Anxiety, Mood and Muscle Tension in Chronic Pain Patients

Relations between Pain, Anxiety, Mood and Muscle Tension in Chronic Pain Patients

Psychological Findings in Chronic Anal Pain

Psychopharmacological Agents in Physical Disorders

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