Journal•ISSN: 0749-8047
The Clinical Journal of Pain
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
About: The Clinical Journal of Pain is an academic journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Chronic pain & Pain catastrophizing. It has an ISSN identifier of 0749-8047. Over the lifetime, 3393 publications have been published receiving 167675 citations. The journal is also known as: Clinical Journal of Pain.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that catastrophizing might best be viewed from the perspective of hierarchical levels of analysis, where social factors and social goals may play a role in the development and maintenance of catastrophize, whereas appraisal-related processes may point to the mechanisms that link catastrophization to pain experience.
Abstract: The tendency to "catastrophize" during painful stimulation contributes to more intense pain experience and increased emotional distress. Catastrophizing has been broadly conceived as an exaggerated negative "mental set" brought to bear during painful experiences. Although findings have been consistent in showing a relation between catastrophizing and pain, research in this area has proceeded in the relative absence of a guiding theoretical framework. This article reviews the literature on the relation between catastrophizing and pain and examines the relative strengths and limitations of different theoretical models that could be advanced to account for the pattern of available findings. The article evaluates the explanatory power of a schema activation model, an appraisal model, an attention model, and a communal coping model of pain perception. It is suggested that catastrophizing might best be viewed from the perspective of hierarchical levels of analysis, where social factors and social goals may play a role in the development and maintenance of catastrophizing, whereas appraisal-related processes may point to the mechanisms that link catastrophizing to pain experience. Directions for future research are suggested.
2,222 citations
TL;DR: The PIPP is a newly developed pain assessment measure for premature infants with beginning content and construct validity and the practicality and feasibility for using the PIPP in clinical practice will be determined in prospective research in the clinical setting.
Abstract: Objective:Inadequate assessment of pain in premature infants is a persistent clinical problem. The objective of this research was to develop and validate a measure for assessing pain in premature infants that could be used by both clinicians and researchers.Design:The Premature Infant Pain Profile (
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TL;DR: Results support the validity of the BPI as a measure of pain in patients without cancer and, in particular, as aMeasure of pain for arthritis and LBP patients.
Abstract: Objectives The Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) is a short, self-administered questionnaire that was developed for use in cancer patients. While most empirical research with the BPI has been in pain of that etiology, the questionnaire is increasingly evident in published studies of patients with non-cancer pain. The current research addresses the need for formal evaluation of the reliability and validity of the BPI for use in non-cancer pain patients. Methods Approximately 250 patients with arthritis or low back pain (LBP) self-administered a number of generic and condition-specific health status measures (including the BPI) in the clinic of their primary care provider at 2 time points: the initial clinic visit and the first visit following treatment. Results The reliability of BPI data collected from non-cancer pain patients was comparable to that reported in the literature for cancer patients and sufficient for group-level analyses (coefficient alphas were greater than 0.70). The factor structure of the BPI was replicated in this sample and the relationship of the BPI to generic measures of pain was strong. The BPI exhibited similar relationships to general and condition-specific measures of health as did a generic pain scale (SF-36 Bodily Pain). Finally, the BPI discriminated among levels of condition severity and was sensitive to change in condition over time in arthritis and LBP patients. Discussion Results support the validity of the BPI as a measure of pain in patients without cancer and, in particular, as a measure of pain for arthritis and LBP patients.
1,046 citations
TL;DR: Depression is more common in chronic pain patients (CPPs) than in healthy controls as a consequence of the presence of CP and at pain onset, predisposition to depression (the scar hypothesis) may increase the likelihood for the development of depression in some CPPS.
Abstract: :Objective:To determine the current status for the association of chronic pain and depression and to review the evidence for whether depression is an antecedent or consequence of chronic pain (CP).Design:A computer and manual literature review yielded 191 studies that related to the pain-
1,003 citations