Pain Intensity and Its Association with Negative Mood States in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

Introduction Chronic and persistent pain is a prevalent and debilitating secondary condition in patients with a neurological injury such as spinal cord injury (SCI). Patients with SCI have an increased risk of developing other co-morbid conditions such as elevated negative mood states. Arguably, the...

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Published in:Pain and therapy 2013-12, Vol.2 (2), p.113-119
Main Authors: Rodrigues, Dianah, Tran, Yvonne, Wijesuriya, Nirupama, Guest, Rebecca, Middleton, James, Craig, Ashley
Format: Article
Language:English
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Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
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Pain Medicine
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Summary:Introduction Chronic and persistent pain is a prevalent and debilitating secondary condition in patients with a neurological injury such as spinal cord injury (SCI). Patients with SCI have an increased risk of developing other co-morbid conditions such as elevated negative mood states. Arguably, the presence of chronic pain would act to intensify the chances of developing negative mood states as opposed to resilient mental states. The objective of this research was to investigate the association between pain intensity and levels of negative mood states in adult patients with SCI. Methods Participants included 107 adults with SCI living in the community who completed an assessment regimen in a relaxed environment. Mean pain intensity over a period of 1 week and the Profile of Mood States, a validated psychometric measure of mood states (anxiety, depressed mood, anger, vigor, fatigue, confusion and total negative mood score) were used to determine associations between pain intensity and mood states. The sample was divided into a low pain intensity sub-group (
ISSN:2193-8237
2193-651X
DOI:10.1007/s40122-013-0017-8