ReviewFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2022
Defining pain-validation: The importance of validation in reducing the stresses of chronic pain.
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- Strabismic Adults' Expectations of Psychosocial Support From Healthcare Professionals-A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Specific Vulnerable Developmental Periods Can Increase the Likelihood of Chronic Pain in Adulthood-Results from a Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advancements in Understanding and Classifying Chronic Orofacial Pain: Key Insights from Biopsychosocial Models and International Classifications (ICHD-3, ICD-11, ICOP).Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Participatory design of an infographic to help support the care of people living with complex regional pain syndrome.British journal of pain · 2023Article
- Editorial: Highlights in abdominal and pelvic pain 2021/2022.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Where best practice pain care and patient expectations for care meet: Exploring patient expectations around chronic pelvic pain, physiotherapy, and the biopsychosocial model of care.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To validate an individual's feelings or behaviour is to sanction their thoughts or actions as worthy of social acceptance and support. In contrast, rejection of the individual's communicated experience indicates a denial of social acceptance, representing a potential survival threat. Pain-invalidation, though ill-defined, appears to be a fundamental component of psychosocial stress for people with chronic pain. As such, the aim of this paper was to define pain-validation and outline its importance for those with chronic pain. Methods: The pain-validation construct was defined using themes inherent in the narratives of those with chronic pain, as identified in a previously published systematic search and thematic analysis, together with examination of additional literature on pain-validation in the clinical context. Results: We present a construct definition, proposing that pain-validation must necessarily include: (i) Implications: The role of pain-validation in the current era of pain management intervention is discussed. Adhering to interventions that involve cognitive and behavioural change is often difficult. Acknowledging and validating the acceptability of the patient's pain experience in the early stages of pain management may, therefore, be a key component of intervention that encourages compliance to the treatment plan and achieving therapeutic goals.
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