What are the most effective coping strategies for managing chronic pain?

Evaluating the relationship between personality traits, coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain

The study aimed at investigating the relationship between personality traits, coping strategies and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain. The study adopted a descriptive-correlational approach as its methodology. The population of the study consisted of patients with chronic pain who referred to a pain clinic centerof Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences among whom 100 person...

[Assessment of chronic pain coping strategies].

INTRODUCTION We made an adaptation of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) to the Spanish population. This measure, the most used in its scope, was developed by Rosenstiel and Keefe in 1983. METHOD 205 participants coming from Primary Health Care and pain clinics made up the sample. More than half suffered migraine and chronic tension-type headache; the rest, fibromyalgia, low back pain,...

Diverse communication styles are most effective for managing multigenerational staff.

Pain-coping strategies in chronic pain patients: psychometric characteristics of the pain-coping inventory (PCI).

This article presents a series of studies aimed at validating a comprehensive pain-coping inventory (PCI) that is applicable to various types of patients with chronic pain. Item and scale analyses were performed for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with chronic headache, and pain clinic outpatients. The following 6 scales were derived from a simultaneous component analysis: Pai...

What are the most effective risk-reduction strategies in sport concussion?

AIM To critically review the evidence to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of protective equipment, rule changes, neck strength and legislation in reducing sport concussion risk. METHODS Electronic databases, grey literature and bibliographies were used to search the evidence using Medical Subject Headings and text words. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were used to select articles for th...