ArticlePain research & management2022
Fear of Pain as a Predictor for Postoperative Pain Intensity among the Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery.
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- Systematic Review of Methods for Individual Prediction of Postoperative Pain.Pain research & management · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of preoperative fear and anxiety on postoperative pain in surgical patients: a descriptive and correlational study.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Threat prioritization and fear of pain dynamics are associated with engagement in postoperative activities after thoracoscopic lung surgery.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The regulatory role of sleep quality in the effect of preoperative intrusive thoughts on the fear of pain: structural equation modeling.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Severity-Based Latent Profiles of Pain Catastrophizing and Their Cross-Sectional Associations with Fear of Pain, Sleep Quality, and Psychological Resilience in Patients Following Cardiac Surgery.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- The relationship of fear of pain, pain anxiety, and fear-avoidance beliefs with perceived stress in surgical patients with postoperative kinesiophobia.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Impact of Psychological Resilience on the Fear of Pain and Activity Recovery in Postsurgical Patients: Observational Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Observational
- Factors Affecting Procedural Pain and Discomfort Experienced by Individuals During Nasopharyngeal Swabbing: A Cross-Sectional Study.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2024Article
- The Persian version of the fear of pain questionnaire mong Iranian post-surgery patients: a translation and psychometrics.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- The persian version of the fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire among iranian post-surgery patients: a translation and psychometrics.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of the pain anxiety symptom scale among postoperative patients in Amol, Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- A psychometric evaluation of the Italian short version of the Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III: Psychometric properties, measurement invariance across gender, convergent, and discriminant validity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Fear of pain (FOP) has been recognized as an influential moderator and determinant of the perception and disability of chronic pain. However, studies on FOP in postoperative acute pain are few and inconsistent. Objective: To explore whether FOP is related to pain intensity after thoracic surgery and provide a reference for FOP study in postoperative pain. Methods: From February to March 2022, 89 patients completed Chinese Version of Fear of Pain-9 Items (FOP-9), Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI, including least, worst, and average pain) and Simplified Chinese version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Correlation analyses and mediation analyses were used for exploring the relationship between factors. Results: Mediation analyses showed that the total effects of FOP-9 on BPI all were significant (least pain: effect = 0.085, Conclusions: Both trait FOP and state FOP were associated with higher postoperative pain reports after thoracic surgery. Trait FOP influences postoperative pain through the mediating effect of state FOP.
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