RT Journal Article
T1 Exploring Changes in Activity Patterns in Individuals with Chronic Pain.
A1 Serrano-Ibañez, Elena Rocio
A1 Bendayan, Rebecca
A1 Ramirez-Maestre, Carmen
A1 Lopez-Martinez, Alicia Eva
A1 Ruiz-Parraga, Gema Teresa
A1 Peters, Madelon
A1 Esteve, Rosa
K1 activity patterns
K1 avoidance
K1 chronic pain
K1 pacing
K1 persistence
AB This longitudinal study explored whether activity patterns change over time in a sample of 56 individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain over a 15-day period. Once a day, the participants recorded their level of pain intensity and the degree to which they had engaged in several specific activity patterns. Linear mixed models with random coefficients were used to investigate the rate of change in the activity patterns. Age, sex, pain intensity, and pain duration were controlled. The results show that excessive persistence was the only self-reported activity pattern to show a linear change over the 15-day period. There was a decrease in excessive persistence, and this decrease was slower with higher levels of activity avoidance. However, no significant association was found between sex, age, pain intensity, and pain duration and excessive persistence at baseline or change over time. At baseline, a positive association was found between excessive persistence and pain avoidance, pain-related persistence, and pacing to reduce pain, and a negative association was found between excessive persistence and pacing to save energy for valued activities. This result suggests a profile characterized by alternate periods of high and low activity that, in this study, were unrelated to longitudinal changes in pain intensity.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-05-18
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15611
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15611
LA en
NO Serrano-Ibáñez ER, Bendayan R, Ramírez-Maestre C, López-Martínez AE, Ruíz-Párraga GT, Peters M, Esteve R. Exploring Changes in Activity Patterns in Individuals with Chronic Pain. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 19;17(10):3560
DS RISalud
RD Apr 9, 2025