ArticleSpinal cord2021
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and pain intensity in persons with spinal cord injury.
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- Prevalence and psychosocial interventions of mental disorders following traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on knowledge graphs.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- 'She didn't know what to do with me': The experience of seeking community mental health support after spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Article
- Latent profile analysis and influencing factors of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in young and middle-aged spinal cord injury patients.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Predicting chronic pain two years following a spinal cord injury: Longitudinal study on the reciprocal role of acute pain and PTSD symptoms.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Article
- Trauma Burden Affected People with Multiple Sclerosis During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Stress Disorders in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients After Liver Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Study.Annals of transplantation · 2024Article
- Digital psychosocial interventions for individuals with spinal cord injury: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- The Utility of Peripherally Restricted Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonists for Inhibiting Below-Level Pain After Spinal Cord Injury in Mice.Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder among individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.Spinal cord series and cases · 2023Article
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Abstract
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designCross-sectional.
objectivesTo examine the association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and pain intensity, taking symptoms of anxiety and depression into account within persons with spinal cord injury (SCI).
settingPersons with SCI, who visited a Dutch rehabilitation centre between 2005 and 2010, were invited to complete a survey.
methodsPTSD symptoms were measured with the Trauma Screening Questionnaire (TSQ), pain intensity with an 11-point Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and symptoms of anxiety and depression with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). To determine associations between PTSD symptoms and pain intensity, linear regression analyses were performed. Confounding variables representing anxiety and depression were added to the final model.
resultsIn total, 175 participants (55.8% traumatic, 29.1% complete) were included (response rate of 31.7%). Of them, 11.4% had clinically relevant symptoms of probable PTSD (TSQ score ≥ 6) 69.8% experienced moderate to severe pain levels (NRS ≥ 4), 14.9% had symptoms of anxiety and 20.8% symptoms of depression (HADS scores ≥ 11). Levels of PTSD symptoms were strongly associated with symptoms of anxiety (0.54) and depression (0.49). Bivariate analyses showed a moderate significant association (0.30) between PTSD symptoms and pain intensity. This association became small (0.10) when anxiety and depression comorbidity were factored into the final regression model.
conclusionsNo independent association between PTSD symptoms and pain intensity was shown when adjusted for anxiety and depression. Results of this study suggest the usefulness of screening for PTSD in persons with SCI (regardless of injury cause or type/level) who score high on symptoms of anxiety/depression.
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