ArticleRheumatology international2022
Pain catastrophizing in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: biopsychosocial perspective and impact on health-related quality of life.
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Abstract
Pain catastrophizing (PC), defined as tendency to describe pain in more exaggerated terms, to ruminate more or to feel helpless about it. Main objective was to illuminate PC in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), revealing its prevalence and associations from a biopsychosocial perspective, including its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Measures reflecting the biological, social and psychological perspective were recorded in RA, PsA and axSpA outpatients. Biological variables including demographics, disease activity and patient reported outcomes (PROs) along with variables reflecting psychological and social domains were collected. RAND12 questionnaire was used to explore HRQoL and standardized questionnaire was used to reveal pain catastrophizing score (PCS). 1229 patients were recruited (RA 580, PsA 394, axSpA 255). Mean (SD) PCS were for RA 1.88 (1.39), PsA 2.06 (1.45) and axSpA 2.27 (1.37). Proportion of pain catastrophizers (score ≥ 4) was not statistically different between RA (10.5%), PsA (12.7%) and axSpA (15.3%). Across all diagnoses, variables reflecting biological subjective domain explained more PCS variability (adjusted R
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