• J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2020

    Pain Experience, Physical Function, Pain Coping, and Catastrophizing in Children with Sickle Cell Disease who had Normal and Abnormal Sensory Patterns.

    • Octavia Hyacinth, Machado Silva-RodriguesFernandaFSanta Casa São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil., Darezzo Rodrigues NunesMichelleMState University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Luís Carlos Lopes, Ananda Fernandes, Castanheira NascimentoLucilaLUniversity of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., and Eufemia Jacob.
    • University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Dec 1; 60 (6): 1079-1091.

    ContextSickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with recurrent pain that could lead to abnormal sensory patterns (ASPs).ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to compare children with SCD who had normal sensory patterns (NSPs) and ASPs in pain experience, physical function, pain coping, and pain catastrophizing.MethodsChildren with quantitative sensory testing data were selected from a larger study that examined pain and symptoms in children with SCD. Comparisons were made between children with NSP (n = 35; 13.9 ± 1.9 years) and ASP (n = 13; 12.8 ± 1.9 years). Children completed the Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool, Functional Disability Inventory, Pain Coping Questionnaire, and Pain Catastrophizing Scale.ResultsNo significant differences were found in pain intensity (2.9 ± 3.0 vs. 2.6 ± 2.8 on 0-10 Visual Analogue Scale) between the NSP and ASP, respectively. The most common marked pain sites for both groups were lower extremities (22.9%), head and neck (20.8%), and upper extremities (20.8%). Functional Disability Inventory scores were significantly worse in ASP (38.5%) compared with NSP (11.4%). The ASP group had significantly worse scores in emotion-focused pain coping subscales.ConclusionChildren with SCD with ASP had worse functional disability, were expressing more affective pain quality, and had emotion-focused pain coping compared with NSP. Future studies are needed to examine the effectiveness of physical activities on the physical function as well as psychosocial interventions such as peer support and creative arts expression to minimize development of ASP in children with SCD.Copyright © 2020 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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