Hope, Optimism, and Clinical Pain: A Meta-Analysis.

Mackenzie L ShanahanIan C FischerAdam T HirshJesse C StewartKevin L Rand

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2021)

The current findings suggest that hope and optimism are similarly associated with adaptive pain-related outcomes. Future research should examine the efficacy of interventions on hope and optimism in ameliorating the experience of clinical pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
type diabetes
current status
insulin resistance