“Attention” to pain in persons with chronic pain: A behavioral approach
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Patients scoring high on pain-related anxiety and fear measures report high levels of attention to pain sensations.
“Findings from clinical studies have shown that patients scoring high on pain-related anxiety and fear measures report high levels of attention to pain sensations18,72”
From Psychological aspects of persistent pain: Current state of the science (2004) · cites this paper as [72]
The PVAQ is internally and temporally consistent and shows predicted relations with measures of attention-related pain coping strategies, supporting the validity of the total score as a measure of attention to pain.
“The PVAQ is internally and temporally consistent and shows predicted relations with measures of attention-related pain coping strategies, supporting the validity of the total score as a measure of attention to pain.”
From A Contextual Analysis of Attention to Chronic Pain: What the Patient Does With Their Pain Might Be More Important Than Their Awareness or Vigilance Alone (2007) · cites this paper as [17]
Previous results suggest that when patients with chronic pain are more aware and vigilant of pain, they also report greater pain, disability, anxiety, depression, and physician visits as a result of pain.
“Previous results suggest that when patients with chronic pain are more aware and vigilant of pain, they also report greater pain, disability, anxiety, depression, and physician visits as a result of pain.”
From A Contextual Analysis of Attention to Chronic Pain: What the Patient Does With Their Pain Might Be More Important Than Their Awareness or Vigilance Alone (2007) · cites this paper as [17]
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- Authors
- McCracken, L. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- McCracken, Lance M.
- ORCID
- McCracken, Lance M.
- Venue
- Behavior Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 271-284
- ISSN
- 0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2039177636
- Cited by
- 483
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 3.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Keywords
- attention to pain, chronic low back pain, pain vigilance, pain awareness, pain intensity, emotional distress, psychosocial disability, health care utilization, cognitive disability
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