The Moderating Effect of Treatment Engagement on Fear-avoidance Beliefs in People With Chronic Low Back Pain

This study examined whether pathways within the FAM were moderated by treatment engagement in 508 people with chronic low back pain. Measures of disability, pain, fear, catastrophizing, anxiety, depression, and self-efficacy were collected through self-report, and descriptors of treatment engaged within the last month (physical activity type, medication, allied and medical health practitioner). Moderated mediation analyses were performed to examine the conditional effect of treatment engagement on fear-avoidance pathways. Results: The conditional effect of anxiety on disability was only significant for people who did not report any treatment engagement in the last month (B=1.03, 95% confidence interval: 0.53-1.53, P
Source: The Clinical Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research