BACKGROUND: Research has established a significant relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and pain; however, very little research has examined the differential role of PTSD symptom clusters on pain outcomes. PURPOSE: (a) To confirm the most appropriate PTSD symptom factor structure for an orofacial pain population and (b) to test a model of prediction of pain outcomes with PTSD symptom clusters. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional, retrospective case series of 411 female patients with orofacial pain (mean 41.0 years, SD 13.1). A series of structural equation modeling analyses were conducted to examine five competing models of PTSD symptom clusters. RESULTS: Two four-factor models of PTSD symptom clusters fit the data reasonably well, and differing PTSD symptom clusters predicted different components of pain. CONCLUSIONS: To increase predictive utility for pain and for a wide range of health disorders, researchers should examine the unique predictive power of PTSD symptom clusters rather than examining a one-factor model of PTSD symptoms.
BACKGROUND: Research has established a significant relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and pain; however, very little research has examined the differential role of PTSD symptom clusters on pain outcomes. PURPOSE: (a) To confirm the most appropriate PTSD symptom factor structure for an orofacial pain population and (b) to test a model of prediction of pain outcomes with PTSD symptom clusters. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional, retrospective case series of 411 female patients with orofacial pain (mean 41.0 years, SD 13.1). A series of structural equation modeling analyses were conducted to examine five competing models of PTSD symptom clusters. RESULTS: Two four-factor models of PTSD symptom clusters fit the data reasonably well, and differing PTSD symptom clusters predicted different components of pain. CONCLUSIONS: To increase predictive utility for pain and for a wide range of health disorders, researchers should examine the unique predictive power of PTSD symptom clusters rather than examining a one-factor model of PTSD symptoms.
Authors: Dale J Langford; Brian R Theodore; Danica Balsiger; Christine Tran; Ardith Z Doorenbos; David J Tauben; Mark D Sullivan Journal: J Pain Date: 2018-01-04 Impact factor: 5.820
Authors: Elizabeth Lehinger; David E Reed; Paul Nabity; Nicole Brackins; Robert Villarreal; Cindy McGeary; Tabatha Blount; Briana Cobos; Carlos Jaramillo; Blessen C Eapen; Mary Jo Pugh; Jennifer Potter; Alan Peterson; Stacey Young-McCaughan; Timothy Houle; Donald D McGeary Journal: Mil Med Date: 2021-11-02 Impact factor: 1.437