{"title":"Treatment of last resort? Psychological therapy seeking in chronic pain patients.","authors":"Dominika Farley, Joanna Kłosowska, Justyna Brączyk, Ewa Buglewicz, Przemysław Bąbel","doi":"10.1177/17423953231172796","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Our goal was to assess how many chronic pain patients seek psychological treatment for their condition and what psychological and demographic characteristics are associated with that decision.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The association between pain intensity, quality of life and psychological treatment seeking was tested in two hypothetical models which differed according to beliefs about either external or internal control over pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A minority of patients had experience with psychological treatment of chronic pain. Patients who had that experience were younger, suffered from more intense pain, and applied many more coping strategies than patients who never tried this kind of treatment. Intense pain and low quality of life motivated chronic pain patients to seek psychological treatment only if they believed that doctors could control their pain.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study results stress the importance of diversifying the methods used to treat chronic pain and educating patients about the benefits of psychological treatment. Low numbers of chronic pain patients who take advantage of psychological treatment indicate that encouragement from medical professionals might be necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":48530,"journal":{"name":"Chronic Illness","volume":" ","pages":"184-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chronic Illness","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17423953231172796","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/5/4 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: Our goal was to assess how many chronic pain patients seek psychological treatment for their condition and what psychological and demographic characteristics are associated with that decision.
Methods: The association between pain intensity, quality of life and psychological treatment seeking was tested in two hypothetical models which differed according to beliefs about either external or internal control over pain.
Results: A minority of patients had experience with psychological treatment of chronic pain. Patients who had that experience were younger, suffered from more intense pain, and applied many more coping strategies than patients who never tried this kind of treatment. Intense pain and low quality of life motivated chronic pain patients to seek psychological treatment only if they believed that doctors could control their pain.
Discussion: The study results stress the importance of diversifying the methods used to treat chronic pain and educating patients about the benefits of psychological treatment. Low numbers of chronic pain patients who take advantage of psychological treatment indicate that encouragement from medical professionals might be necessary.
期刊介绍：
Chronic illnesses are prolonged, do not resolve spontaneously, and are rarely completely cured. The most common are cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke and heart failure), the arthritides, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and epilepsy. There is increasing evidence that mental illnesses such as depression are best understood as chronic health problems. HIV/AIDS has become a chronic condition in those countries where effective medication is available.
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