Pain catastrophizing mediates the negative influence of pain and trait-anxiety on health-related quality of life in fibromyalgia.

Carmen M Galvez-Sánchez Casandra Isabel Montoro AguilarStefan DuschekGustavo A Reyes Del Paso

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2020)

Patients with FMS exhibited markedly lower HRQoL than healthy individuals. While pain catastrophizing was inversely related to several domains of HRQL, associations were positive for cognitive distraction. Catastrophizing mediates the negative influence of clinical pain and trait-anxiety on HRQoL. Therefore, cognitive behavioral treatments focused on adaptive management and control of catastrophizing and negative emotional states may be helpful.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
tyrosine kinase
genome wide
sleep quality
gene expression
spinal cord injury