C B Murray1, K Zebracki2,3, K M Chlan4, A C Moss5, L C Vogel6,7. 1. Department of Psychology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA. 2. Department of Psychology, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, USA. 3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 4. Department of Clinical Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, USA. 5. Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 6. Department of Pediatrics, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, IL, USA. 7. Department of Pediatrics, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract
STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to determine medical and psychological correlates of pain in individuals with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago, Philadelphia and Northern California (USA). METHODS: A total of 187 adults who had sustained an injury before 19 years of age completed interviews that included medical information, standardized measures of psychological functioning (Beck Anxiety Inventory and Patient Health Questionnaire) and a comprehensive pain questionnaire to assess the location, frequency, intensity and duration of pain and distress and disability related to pain. RESULTS: The findings identified the medical and psychological correlates of pain. Greater symptoms of depression and anxiety were strong and consistent predictors of several aspects of pain, above and beyond the impact of gender, injury-related characteristics and secondary medical complications. DISCUSSION: The findings support a biopsychosocial model of the development and persistence of pain in individuals with pediatric-onset SCI. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation may incorporate psychological treatment such as cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce the pain and improve functioning. The assessment and treatment of pain in pediatric-onset SCI is a clinical and research priority. SPONSORSHIP: This study is supported by funding from Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, grant #324671.
STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to determine medical and psychological correlates of pain in individuals with pediatric-onset spinal cord injury (SCI). SETTING: Shriners Hospitals for Children-Chicago, Philadelphia and Northern California (USA). METHODS: A total of 187 adults who had sustained an injury before 19 years of age completed interviews that included medical information, standardized measures of psychological functioning (Beck Anxiety Inventory and Patient Health Questionnaire) and a comprehensive pain questionnaire to assess the location, frequency, intensity and duration of pain and distress and disability related to pain. RESULTS: The findings identified the medical and psychological correlates of pain. Greater symptoms of depression and anxiety were strong and consistent predictors of several aspects of pain, above and beyond the impact of gender, injury-related characteristics and secondary medical complications. DISCUSSION: The findings support a biopsychosocial model of the development and persistence of pain in individuals with pediatric-onset SCI. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation may incorporate psychological treatment such as cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce the pain and improve functioning. The assessment and treatment of pain in pediatric-onset SCI is a clinical and research priority. SPONSORSHIP: This study is supported by funding from Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, grant #324671.
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