ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2025
What makes life go well? A network topic modeling analysis of well-being practices in adults with chronic pain.
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- Life Sustaining Well-Being Practices and Physiological Health Among Black Men.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Pain in Alzheimer's Disease: Disrupted Multilevel Integration of Nociception, Affective Processing and Clinical Expression Across Clinical and Preclinical Evidence.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A scoping review of applications of natural language processing for chronic pain research.Discover artificial intelligence · 2026Review
- Association between chronic pain and mental health among nurses in China: a national cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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objectiveThis study leverages natural language processing techniques to identify specific practices older adults with chronic pain adopt to enhance well-being.
methodWe applied network topic modeling to open-ended survey responses from 683 adults (57% female) who reported experiencing chronic pain in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, analyzing responses to the question "What do you do to make your life go well?" Structural equation modeling was used to examine the relationships between identified topics and measures of pain interference and prescription pain medication use, adjusting for sociodemographics and well-being indicators.
resultsThe analyses revealed 12 key topics, including avoiding stress, maintaining social connections, and practicing spirituality and faith. Notably, maintaining social connections was negatively associated with pain interference (β = -0.14, SE = 0.05, P < .05) and prescription pain medication use (β = -0.11, SE = 0.04, P < .05).
conclusionThe findings demonstrate the utility of network topic modeling in identifying complex psychosocial dimensions influencing chronic pain management, providing insights into the distinct role of well-being practices in shaping pain outcomes.
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