Zuercher-Huerlimann, Elian; Stewart, Julian A.; Egloff, Niklaus; von Känel, Roland; Studer, Martina; grosse Holtforth, Martin (2019). Internal health locus of control as a predictor of pain reduction in multidisciplinary inpatient treatment for chronic pain: a retrospective study. Journal of pain research, 12, pp. 2095-2099. Dove Medical Press 10.2147/JPR.S189442
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Purpose
Chronic pain is a major health concern and its treatment requires physiological as well as psychological interventions. This study investigates the predictive value of health locus of control (HLOC) in pain intensity in chronic pain patients in an inpatient treatment setting.
Patients and methods
Data of 225 patients with a chronic pain condition were collected in a psychosomatic university clinic in Switzerland. Self-report assessment tools were used to measure pain intensity pre- and posttreatment and with a questionnaire dimensions of the HLOC were captured. Using hierarchic linear regression analysis, the predictive value of HLOC was investigated.
Results
A higher internal HLOC at pre-treatment was associated with a greater reduction in pain intensity from pre- to posttreatment (β = -0.151, p<0.05). For social-external and fatalistic-external HLOC no significant effects were observed.
Conclusion
Internal HLOC showed predictive value regarding the reduction in pain intensity in a multidisciplinary inpatient treatment for chronic pain, whereas social-external and fatalistic-external HLOC did not. Early interventions to strengthen internal beliefs of health control may be a promising component in multidisciplinary inpatient treatment for patients with chronic pain.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Stewart, Julian Anthony Wharton, Egloff, Niklaus, Studer, Martina (B), Grosse Holtforth, Martin |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1178-7090 |
Publisher: |
Dove Medical Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Chantal Kottler |
Date Deposited: |
04 Dec 2019 15:09 |
Last Modified: |
29 Mar 2023 23:36 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2147/JPR.S189442 |
PubMed ID: |
31372026 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
chronic pain health attribution inpatient treatment pain relief self-management |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.136084 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/136084 |
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