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The Relation Between Pain-Related Fear and Disability: A Meta-Analysis
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Within a biopsychosocial framework, psychological factors are thought to play an important role in the onset and progression of chronic pain. The cognitive-behavioral fear-avoidance model of chronic pain suggests that pain-related fear contributes to the development and maintenance of pain-related disability. However, investigations of the relation between pain-related fear and disability have demonstrated considerable between-study variation. The main goal of the current meta-analysis was to synthesize findings of studies investigating cross-sectional associations between pain-related fear and disability, in order to estimate the magnitude of this relation. We also tested potential moderators, including type of measure used, demographic characteristics, and relevant pain characteristics. Searches in PubMed and PsycINFO yielded a total of 46 independent samples (N = 9579) that reported correlations between pain-related fear and disability among persons experiencing acute or chronic pain. Effect size estimates were generated using a random effects model and artifact distribution method. The positive relation between pain-related fear and disability was observed to be moderate to large in magnitude, and stable across demographic and pain characteristics. Although some variability was observed across pain-related fear measures, results were largely consistent with the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zale, E. L., Lange, K. L., Fields, S. A., & Ditre, J. W.
- Venue
- The Journal of Pain
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1019-1030
- ISSN
- 1526-5900 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2016508991
- Cited by
- 330
- References
- 25
- FWCI
- 4.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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