Abstract
This study aimed to examine the temporal patterning of pain acceptance-based coping, activity, and mood in patients with complex
regional pain syndrome Type I (CRPS-I), by using a daily diary method. A total of 30 patients with CRPS-I seeking treatment
in a tertiary pain management center located in Seoul, Korea participated in the study. Multilevel random effects analyses
indicated that (a) engagement in pain acceptance-based coping was significantly associated with lower same-day pain and negative
mood and greater same-day activity and positive mood; (b) pain acceptance-based coping predicted increases in activity on
the following day; (c) greater pain intensity was significantly associated with lower same-day pain acceptance-based coping
and activity and greater same-day negative mood; and (d) pain intensity did not predict pain acceptance-based coping, activity,
or mood on the following day. These findings suggest that patients with CRPS-I may benefit from responding to pain with acceptance.
Further study and eventual application of this process in CRPS-I may improve upon the success of current approaches to this
problem.
regional pain syndrome Type I (CRPS-I), by using a daily diary method. A total of 30 patients with CRPS-I seeking treatment
in a tertiary pain management center located in Seoul, Korea participated in the study. Multilevel random effects analyses
indicated that (a) engagement in pain acceptance-based coping was significantly associated with lower same-day pain and negative
mood and greater same-day activity and positive mood; (b) pain acceptance-based coping predicted increases in activity on
the following day; (c) greater pain intensity was significantly associated with lower same-day pain acceptance-based coping
and activity and greater same-day negative mood; and (d) pain intensity did not predict pain acceptance-based coping, activity,
or mood on the following day. These findings suggest that patients with CRPS-I may benefit from responding to pain with acceptance.
Further study and eventual application of this process in CRPS-I may improve upon the success of current approaches to this
problem.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-8
- DOI 10.1007/s10865-012-9448-7
- Authors
- Sungkun Cho, Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, 221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-756 Korea
- Lance M. McCracken, Health Psychology Section, Psychology Department, King’s College London, 5th Floor Bermondsey Wing, Guy’s Campus, London, SE1 9RT UK
- Elaine M. Heiby, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2530 Dole St., Sakamaki C400, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Dong-Eon Moon, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea
- Jang-Han Lee, Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, 221 Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-756 Korea
- Journal Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Online ISSN 1573-3521
- Print ISSN 0160-7715