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Pain catastrophizing and general health status in a large Dutch community sample
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The aim of the present study was to examine the association between pain catastrophizing and general health status in a Dutch adult community sample, including various subgroups of people with musculoskeletal pain in the analyses. For exploratory reasons this study partly replicated previous studies of the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Results demonstrated that across different pain subgroups, catastrophizing uniquely contributed variance to the prediction of the various aspects of general health status beyond the variance explained by pain intensity, age, gender, and chronicity. Across subgroups strongest associations were found between catastrophizing and mental health, general health perception, social functioning, and vitality. Furthermore, the association between catastrophizing and the various aspects of general health status was not moderated by the chronicity of the pain. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis statistically confirmed a three-factor model of the PCS, which was invariant across different subgroups of people with musculoskeletal pain. Inter-factor correlations were high, and the incremental explanatory power of the three-factor model over that of a one-factor model was only marginal. This implies that a one-factor model might be justifiable as well, at least in the general community. Across various pain subgroups the reliability of the PCS total and subscales was adequate. Additional evidence for the concurrent validity of the PCS was found as well.
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“Catastrophizing is fusion of thought related to feeling more pain, more emotional distress, and worse life adjustment (Severeijns et al., 2002).”
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“Taken together, the findings of these studies suggest that catastrophizing is important in understanding pain, not only in samples of patients seen in medical settings but also in samples of individuals recruited from the general community.104,135”
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“Catastrophizing was significantly related to a number of negative outcomes including higher levels of depression and nervousness, more negative general health status, greater limitations in social activities, and lower energy level.”
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“Catastrophizing was significantly related to a number of negative outcomes including higher levels of depression and nervousness, more negative general health status, greater limitations in social activities, and lower energy level.”
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“Catastrophizing is also a mechanism of change for non-psychosocial treatments.”
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“studies have shown that multidisciplinary treatment programs that include exercise as well as activity-based physical therapy also improve pain outcomes, in part, through reductions in catastrophizing 329–332.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Severeijns, R., van den Hout, M. A., Vlaeyen, J. W. S., & Picavet, S. J. H.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Severeijns, Rudy
- ORCID
- Vlaeyen, Johan W.S.
- Venue
- Pain
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 367-376
- ISSN
- 0304-3959 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2033777655
- Cited by
- 156
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pain (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Rivm (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Keywords
- pain catastrophizing, health status, musculoskeletal pain, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, factor structure, measurement invariance, mental health, vitality, social functioning, pain chronicity, community-dwelling adults
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Netherlands, Pain, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results
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