Articles: pain-measurement.
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Bmc Musculoskel Dis · Nov 2019
Back beliefs among elderly seeking health care due to back pain; psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the back beliefs questionnaire.
The Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) is a 14-item patient-reported questionnaire that measures attitudes and beliefs about the consequences of back pain. The BBQ has recently been translated into Norwegian, but its psychometric properties have not yet been tested. The aim of this study is to evaluate the reliability and construct validity of the BBQ when used on elderly patients with back pain. ⋯ The Norwegian version of the BBQ demonstrated acceptable test-retest reliability and good construct validity and can be used to assess pessimistic beliefs in elderly patients with back pain.
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Female chronic pelvic pain is estimated to affect up to 24% of adult women, many of whom have a component of myofascial pelvic pain. Although an association of joint hypermobility and pelvic pain has been hypothesized, limited data are available that estimate the prevalence of joint hypermobility in this population. ⋯ III.
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a disorder with a population prevalence of 1% to 5%. There are insufficient data in the literature on the incidence of FMS in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), with only a limited number of studies conducted. ⋯ Disease activity, fibromyalgia, quality of life, spondyloarthritis, sleep quality.
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J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. · Nov 2019
Behavioral Effects of Opioid Full and Partial Agonists During Chronic Buprenorphine Treatment.
Buprenorphine, a partial agonist at the μ-opioid receptor, is commonly prescribed for the management of opioid addiction. Notwithstanding buprenorphine's clinical popularity, the relationship between its effectiveness in attenuating relapse-related behavior and its opioid efficacy is poorly understood. Furthermore, changes in the antinociceptive potency or effectiveness of opioid drugs that might occur during buprenorphine treatment have not been characterized. ⋯ These results suggest that the utility of buprenorphine in the management of opioid addiction, and how it alters the analgesic effects of opioids, can vary depending on the efficacy of the abused or prescribed opioid. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Our findings indicate that the pharmacological efficacy of abused opioids may predict the ability of buprenorphine to attenuate their relapse-related priming and analgesia-related antinociceptive effects. This information can help inform physicians as to the effectiveness and limitations of buprenorphine as a pharmacotherapy for opioid addiction.
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Multicenter Study
The Pain Catastrophizing Scale-short form: psychometric properties and threshold for identifying high-risk individuals.
The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) measures three aspects of catastrophic cognitions about pain-rumination, magnification, and helplessness. To facilitate assessment and clinical application, we aimed to (a) develop a short version on the basis of its factorial structure and the items' correlations with key pain-related outcomes, and (b) identify the threshold on the short form indicative of risk for depression. ⋯ The short-PCS may be used in lieu of the full scale and as a brief screen to identify individuals with serious catastrophizing.