TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital pain extent is associated with pain intensity but not with pain-related cognitions and disability in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - Luque-Suarez, Alejandro
AU - Falla, Deborah
AU - Barbero, Marco
AU - Pineda-Galan, Consolacion
AU - Marco, Derboni
AU - Giuffrida, Vincenzo
AU - Martinez-Calderon, Javier
N1 - © 2022. The Author(s).
PY - 2022/7/30
Y1 - 2022/7/30
N2 - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: 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.RESULTS: 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.DISCUSSION: The results did not support an association between digital pain extent and psychological measures.
AB - BACKGROUND: 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.METHODS: 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.RESULTS: 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.DISCUSSION: The results did not support an association between digital pain extent and psychological measures.
KW - Chronic Pain/diagnosis
KW - Cognition
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Disability Evaluation
KW - Humans
KW - Musculoskeletal Pain/diagnosis
KW - Pain Measurement/methods
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U2 - 10.1186/s12891-022-05700-3
DO - 10.1186/s12891-022-05700-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 35906575
SN - 1471-2474
VL - 23
JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
JF - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
IS - 1
M1 - 727
ER -