Pain sensitivity and pain catastrophizing are associated with persistent pain and disability after lumbar spine surgery
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Objective To examine whether pain sensitivity and pain catastrophizing are associated with persistent pain and disability after lumbar spine surgery.Design Prospective observational cohort study.Setting Academic medical center.Participants Patients (N=68; mean age, 57.9±13.1y; 40 women [58.8%]) undergoing spine surgery for a degenerative condition from March 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013 were assessed 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after surgery.Interventions Not applicable.Main outcome measures The main outcome measures were persistent back pain intensity, pain interference, and disability. Patients with persistent back pain intensity, pain interference, or disability were identified as those patients reporting Brief Pain Inventory scores ≥4 and Oswestry Disability Index scores ≥21 at all postoperative time points.Results From 6 weeks to 6 months after surgery, approximately 12.9%, 24.2%, and 46.8% of patients reported persistent back pain intensity, pain interference, or disability, respectively. Increased pain sensitivity at 6 weeks was associated with having persistent back pain intensity (odds ratio [OR], 2.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0-4.1) after surgery. Increased pain catastrophizing at 6 weeks was associated with having persistent back pain intensity (OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 1.0-1.2), pain interference (OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 1.0-1.2), and disability (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4). An interaction effect was not found between pain sensitivity and pain catastrophizing on persistent outcomes (P>.05).Conclusions The findings suggest the importance of early postoperative screening for pain sensitivity and pain catastrophizing to identify patients at risk for poor postoperative pain intensity, pain interference, and/or disability outcomes. Future research should consider the benefit of targeted therapeutic strategies for patients with these postoperative prognostic factors.
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- Authors
- Coronado, R. A., George, S. Z., Devin, C. J., Wegener, S. T., & Archer, K. R.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Archer, Kristin R.
- Venue
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-10
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1763-1770
- ISSN
- 0003-9993 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4601931
- OpenAlex
- W1807424513
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 2.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases (R21AR062880)
- Magistro Family Foundation Grant
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Keywords
- pain sensitivity, pain catastrophizing, chronic back pain, postoperative disability, lumbar spine surgery, degenerative spine disease, pain interference, Brief Pain Inventory, Oswestry Disability Index
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Disability Evaluation, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain Measurement, Postoperative Pain, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Spinal Stenosis, Low Back Pain, Pain Threshold, Catastrophization
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