ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2014
Changes in pain catastrophizing following physical therapy for musculoskeletal injury: the influence of depressive and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
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- Depression and Time to Knee Arthroplasty Among Adults Who Have Knee Osteoarthritis.The Journal of arthroplasty · 2024Article
- Association Between Preoperative Multidimensional Psychological Distress and Physical Function After Surgery for Sports-Related Injury.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
- Pre-existing anxiety and depression disorders and return to work after musculoskeletal strain or sprain: a phased-based approach.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Impact of anxiety and depression disorders on sustained return to work after work-related musculoskeletal strain or sprain: a gender stratified cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Article
- The association between depression and type of treatments received for chronic low back pain.Family practice · 2020Article
- Preoperative pain catastrophizing and postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study with one year follow-up.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Article
- The importance of catastrophizing for successful pharmacological treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain.Journal of pain research · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the present study was to investigate the factors that influence the change in pain catastrophizing during the course of a physical therapy intervention for musculoskeletal injury.
methods187 clients enrolled in a 7-week physical therapy intervention were divided into four mutually exclusive groups on the basis of a pre-treatment assessment: (1) clients whose pre-treatment catastrophizing scores and measures of mental health problems were below clinical threshold, (2) clients whose pre-treatment catastrophizing scores were above clinical threshold but who scores on measures of mental health problems were below clinical threshold, (3) clients whose pre-treatment catastrophizing scores were above clinical threshold and whose scores on measures of mental health problems were also above clinical threshold, and (4) clients whose pre-treatment catastrophizing scores were below clinical threshold but whose scores on measures of mental health problems were above clinical threshold.
resultsThe most prevalent risk profile consisted of clients with high levels of pain catastrophizing and high mental health problems (37 %), followed by the low catastrophizing and low mental health problems profile (35 %), the high catastrophizing and low mental health problems profile (16 %), and low catastrophizing and high mental health problems profile (10 %). Clients were considered non-responders if their post-treatment catastrophizing score remained above clinical threshold following treatment. Chi square analyses revealed a significantly higher proportion of non-responders in the high catastrophizing and mental health problem group than in any other group.
conclusionsThe presence of mental health symptoms markedly reduces the effectiveness of physical therapy for reducing catastrophizing scores. The 'risk value' of high catastrophizing scores thus appears to vary as a function of the presence or absence of mental health symptoms. The findings argue for the inclusion of measures of mental health problems in the routine screening of individuals treated in physical therapy.
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