Articles: pain-measurement.
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Letter Observational Study
[Group intervention and self-care in musculoskeletal chronic pain].
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Visual/emotional stimuli and treatment with antidepressants alter Numerical Rating Scale score in patients with chronic pain.
To examine the impact of visual stimulation (exciting red and tranquilizing green) on the score of the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) questionnaire in patients with chronic pain. ⋯ Our findings suggest that visual/emotional stimuli and treatment with antidepressants alter the NRS score in patients with chronic pain.
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Review Meta Analysis
The clinical course of pain and disability following surgery for spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.
The aim of this study was to assess the clinical course of pain and disability in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis following surgery. ⋯ Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis experience rapid symptom reduction after surgery, but should still expect to experience mild-to-moderate pain and disability 60 months later.
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Vulvodynia is a chronic pain condition characterised by severe pain affecting the vulva. Biopsychosocial models have revealed the importance of illness perceptions, cognitive-behavioural variables and psychological distress in explaining the experience of pain and disability across several conditions. These factors have never been collectively examined in vulvodynia. We predicted that distress, fatigue, illness perceptions, and cognitive-behavioural factors would be associated with pain severity and interference among women with vulvodynia. ⋯ Distress, illness perceptions, fatigue, and cognitive-behavioural factors are associated with pain severity and interference in patients with vulvodynia, highlighting the importance of adopting a biopsychosocial approach in this setting. Future research should examine these factors over time to inform the development of future tailored interventions to help support women better manage vulvodynia.