Sreeja Kalapurakkel1, Elizabeth A Carpino2, Alyssa Lebel3, Laura E Simons4. 1. Harvard College, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital. 2. Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital. 3. Harvard College,Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital,Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, andP.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School. 4. Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children's Hospital, Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School Laura.Simons@childrens.harvard.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance in relation to functioning in pediatric patients with chronic headache. METHODS: Participants were 209 youth aged 8-17 years who presented for a multidisciplinary pediatric headache clinic evaluation. They completed measures of pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance and a standard battery of clinical measures including indicators of emotional functioning. RESULTS: Pain self-efficacy and acceptance were associated with less disability, better school functioning, and fewer depressive symptoms. While taking into account several demographic and pain-related variables, pain self-efficacy had a greater association with less functional disability, while pain acceptance had a greater association with less depressive symptoms and better school functioning. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that both resilience processes can serve to positively interact with functioning and symptoms of depression. Ultimately, this study suggests that higher levels of pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance in an individual experiencing pain are associated with more positive outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To examine pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance in relation to functioning in pediatric patients with chronic headache. METHODS:Participants were 209 youth aged 8-17 years who presented for a multidisciplinary pediatric headache clinic evaluation. They completed measures of pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance and a standard battery of clinical measures including indicators of emotional functioning. RESULTS:Pain self-efficacy and acceptance were associated with less disability, better school functioning, and fewer depressive symptoms. While taking into account several demographic and pain-related variables, pain self-efficacy had a greater association with less functional disability, while pain acceptance had a greater association with less depressive symptoms and better school functioning. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that both resilience processes can serve to positively interact with functioning and symptoms of depression. Ultimately, this study suggests that higher levels of pain self-efficacy and pain acceptance in an individual experiencing pain are associated with more positive outcomes.
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