Injustice Through Cultural Lens: A Pilot Qualitative Exploration of Pain-Related Injustice Appraisals Among Arab-Americans With Chronic Low Back Pain

Pain-related injustice appraisals are a key determinant of outcomes in chronic low back pain (CLBP) [78,79] and have been defined according to appraisals of severity and irreparability of loss, externalized blame, and unfairness [73]. The principal measure of pain-related injustice appraisal is the Injustice Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) [73], first developed in Canada [73]. Quantitative findings link elevated injustice appraisal with greater ongoing pain intensity, perceived disability, and worse treatment and psychosocial outcomes across a variety of musculoskeletal conditions [22,23,68-71,74,77,83].
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research