[Types of pain coping in chronic pain patients].

CONCLUSION: The results revealed three distinct subgroups regarding pain coping patterns: (1) high impairment and high coping, (2) low impairment and high coping and (3) high impairment and low coping. The subgroups differed significantly in almost all characteristics, except for pain duration and pain intensity. The categorization into the abovementioned pain coping subtypes may assist clinicians in tailoring pain treatment to the needs and characteristics of the individual patients.
PMID: 29270853 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Schmerz - December 21, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Grolimund J, Studer M, Stewart JA, Egloff N, Grosse Holtforth M Tags: Schmerz Source Type: research