Sleep Quality, Pain Catastrophizing Linked To Intraday Pain Fluctuations

Sleep quality and pain catastrophizing contribute significantly to same-day fluctuations in pain in people with ...

AUGUST 14, 2024

Psychological Therapies Can Reduce Pain Catastrophizing After Breast Cancer Surgery

PARIS—When it comes to treating chronic postsurgical pain in breast cancer patients with high pain ...

APRIL 18, 2024

Pain Catastrophizing a Key Factor in Work Absenteeism

Rehabilitation teams should assess pain catastrophizing, anxiety and depression to identify patients at risk for ...

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Catastrophizing Does Not Seem to Worsen Pain During or After Labor

NEW ORLEANS—A new study has not been able to replicate earlier findings, suggesting that high-catastrophizing ...

APRIL 17, 2023

Experts Tout New Pain Assessment Tool As Worthy Successor To Numerical Scale

A new diagnostic and outcomes measure may lead to the more accurate assessment and treatment of pain and related ...

MAY 30, 2019

After Pain From TKA and THA Is Gone, Opioid Use Remains

Patients who are prescribed opioids to manage their joint pain after total knee and total hip arthroplasty ...

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Study Finds Strong Correlation Between Health Literacy and Pain Catastrophizing

Low health literacy was a significant predictor of pain catastrophizing and pain self-efficacy, according to a ...

AUGUST 22, 2016