Income as a Predictor of Self-Efficacy for Managing Pain and for Coping With Symptoms Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

The purpose of this study was to evaluate pain self-efficacy (PSE) and coping self-efficacy (CSE) for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP), and to assess whether lower income may be associated with less PSE and CSE in the United States.

Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics - August 29, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Margaret D. Whitley, Patricia M. Herman, Gursel R. Aliyev, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Gery W. Ryan, Ian D. Coulter Source Type: research