RT Journal Article
T1 Digital pain extent is associated with pain intensity but not with pain-related cognitions and disability in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional study.
A1 Luque-Suarez, Alejandro
A1 Falla, Deborah
A1 Barbero, Marco
A1 Pineda-Galan, Consolacion
A1 Marco, Derboni
A1 Giuffrida, Vincenzo
A1 Martinez-Calderon, Javier
K1 Chronic pain
K1 Cognition
K1 Cross-sectional
K1 Digital pain extent
K1 Musculoskeletal pain
K1 Pain drawing
AB To evaluate whether digital pain extent is associated with an array of psychological factors such as optimism, pessimism, expectations of recovery, pain acceptance, and pain self-efficacy beliefs as well as to analyse the association between digital pain extent and pain intensity and pain-related disability in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a primary health care setting was carried out including 186 individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Patient-reported outcomes were used to assess psychological factors, pain intensity, and pain-related disability. Digital pain extent was obtained from pain drawings shaded using a tablet and analysed using novel customized software. Multiple linear regression models were conducted to evaluate the association between digital pain extent and the aforementioned variables. Digital pain extent was statistically significantly associated with pain intensity. However, digital pain extent was not associated with any psychological measure nor with pain-related disability. The results did not support an association between digital pain extent and psychological measures.
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20294
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20294
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 8, 2025