Pain Catastrophizing Dimensions Mediate the Relationship Between Chronic Pain Severity and Depression

Although past studies have found significant positive correlations of both pain severity and overall pain catastrophizing (PC) levels with depression in chronic pain samples, less is known about the extent to which specific PC dimensions (i.e., helplessness, magnification, rumination) explain links between pain severity and depression.

Source: Pain Management Nursing - April 12, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Shuyang Liu, Xin Zhang, Beibei You, Guifang Jiang, Hong Chen, Todd Jackson Tags: Original Research Source Type: research