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Pain experience and mood disorders during the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: an opportunistic study.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and psychological aspects of temporomandibular disorders.BMC oral health · 2024Article
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- A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Mental Health, Healthcare Access, and Pain Levels of Patients with Chronic Pain from Spring 2020 to Spring 2021.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Placebo effects in osteoarthritis: implications for treatment and drug development.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2023Review
- Unanticipated consequences of COVID-19 pandemic policies on pediatric acute appendicitis surgery.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2023Article
- Attention deficits in Brazilian health care workers with chronic pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Factors Predict COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2022Article
- Stress and Pain Before, During and After the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe unknown and uncontrollable situation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have triggered changes in pain, anxiety, and depression along with a perception of nonspecific COVID-19 symptoms.
objectivesWe determined how anxiety, depression, and pain outcomes varied during the "Stay-at-Home" order compared with the prepandemic period and whether nonspecific COVID-19 symptoms would occur.
methodsWe conducted an online survey to opportunistically reassess clinical anxiety, depression, pain intensity, and pain interference while controlling for somatic symptom severity during the prepandemic and Stay-at-Home order period. During the Stay-at-Home period, anxiety, depression, pain intensity, and pain interference were reassessed. Coping strategies were assessed as a critical factor influencing pain behaviors. In addition, we explored the occurrence of nonspecific COVID-19 symptoms with an ad hoc survey referencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publicly available COVID-19 symptoms.
resultsWe observed a significant increase in depression and anxiety levels during the Stay-at-Home period. Coping strategy changes (eg, increased exercise) were linked to lower pain severity and interference which improved overall. Participants who self-reported nonspecific COVID-19 symptoms had higher prepandemic depression. Among the 72 participants not diagnosed with COVID-19, 70.8% of the participants experienced symptoms resembling those associated with COVID-19.
conclusionWe suggest the parallel between pain outcome improvement and worsening anxiety and depression during the Stay-at-Home order might reflect a shift in symptoms, indicating that those patients with underlying mood disorders may require more help than they did before the pandemic.
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