Abstract

PENARROYA BAULIES, A.; BALLUS-CREUS, C.  and  PEREZ MARTINEZ, J.. Coping strategies, catastrophism and mood differences depending on chronic pain duration. Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.77-83. ISSN 1134-8046.

Introduction: preliminary study on the psychological variables and coping strategies in chronic pain related to duration. This study describes chronic pain as a stressor complex that the person using a coping strategies to adapt continuously. Method: the primary objective of this research observes differences in psychological variables and the use of pain coping strategies depending on the time of evolution. The assessment instruments are McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), "Strategies for Coping with Chronic Pain" (CADR), Hopital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), Catastro-phism Scale CSQ (CSQ-C). Participants of this study are patients with chronic pain and are treated in to specialized unit. The results show that duration and patient's age are associated with the use of a passive strategy, the "catharsis". The perception of pain has a positive relationship with catastrophizing, passive strategies, anxiety and depression. Results: results obtained by comparing the average of the two groups, one with 1 to 5 years of evolution, and another 13 to 33 years, show that the group of shorter duration makes greater use of the coping strategy of catharsis and it has scored higher on catastrophizing compared to another group. Conclusion: we observe the relationship between pain and psychological variables of this study and changes that may occur in different stages of duration of pain.

Keywords : Chronic pain; Coping; Catastrophism; Anxiety; Time of evolution.

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