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Pain-related catastrophizing as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in chronic pain

Edwards, Robert R., Smith, Michael T., Kudel, Ian, Haythornthwaite, Jennifer·2006·Pain
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.07.004
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Abstract

Living with chronic pain is associated with many deleterious outcomes, including a substantially increased risk of suicide. While many general risk factors for suicidal ideation and behavior have been identified, few studies have examined pain-related factors that confer increased or decreased risk for suicidality. The present study assessed individual differences in the use of pain-related coping strategies and pain-related catastrophizing as correlates of suicidal ideation in patients with chronic pain. A total of 1512 patients seeking treatment for chronic pain completed a variety of questionnaires assessing pain, coping, and psychosocial functioning. On written questionnaires, approximately 32% of this clinic sample reported some form of recent suicidal ideation. The two most consistent predictors of the presence and degree of suicidal ideation were the magnitude of depressive symptoms and the degree of pain-related catastrophizing, a maladaptive cognitive/emotional pain-coping strategy. Demographic and other pain-related variables such as pain severity and duration were not generally robust predictors of suicidal ideation in this sample of patients with chronic pain. These are the first findings to suggest a unique (e.g., independent of pain severity or depressive symptomatology) association between pain-coping strategies and suicide-related cognitions in the context of chronic pain. Further research in this area, including the addition of suicide prevention materials to pain-coping skills training programs, may benefit large numbers of individuals who are at elevated suicide risk as a consequence of chronic pain.

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Authors
Edwards, R. R., Smith, M. T., Kudel, I., & Haythornthwaite, J.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Health Services Research & Development (US)
Corresponding author
Edwards, Robert R.
ORCID
Venue
Pain
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2006-12
Volume
126
Issue
1
Pages
272-279
ISSN
0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.pain.2006.07.004
OpenAlex
W2080362587
Cited by
182
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 7
FWCI
9.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Pain (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (7k23ar051315-05)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K23NS047168)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (AR051315)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Keywords
suicidal ideation, chronic pain, pain coping, depressive symptoms, suicide risk factors, suicide prevention
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Chronic Disease, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Prognosis, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, Attempted, Linear Models

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