Being Trapped and Seeing No Way Out – Effects of Entrapment on Treatment Outcome in an Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment

Blättler, Larissa T.; Goméz Penedo, Juan Martín; grosse Holtforth, Martin; Egloff, Niklaus (2022). Being Trapped and Seeing No Way Out – Effects of Entrapment on Treatment Outcome in an Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment. Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 63(1), pp. 36-45. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.06.006

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Background: Entrapment describes a feeling of being stuck in an inescapable aversive situation. This feeling often arises in the context of uncontrollable and/or chronic stress and is associated with various psychopathologies.

Objective: Owing to the nature of their disease, also chronic pain, patients might experience their situation as unremitting and inescapable. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of entrapment in patients with a chronic pain disorder and the association of entrapment with treatment outcome.

Methods: A total of 189 patients with a chronic pain disorder where psychological factors play a decisive role in its severity, exacerbation, and maintenance (International Classification of Diseases, ICD-10: F45.41, "Chronic pain disorder with somatic and psychologic factors") receiving inpatient care completed a set of standardized self-report questionnaires at intake and discharge of an interdisciplinary pain treatment. To analyze the effects of entrapment on pain-related interference and psychologic distress, hierarchical linear models were used.

Results: Over treatment, reduced levels of entrapment were observed, which were associated with decreases in psychologic distress and pain-related interference at discharge.

Conclusion: Results support the relevance of entrapment in chronic pain and its treatment. To further improve interdisciplinary pain treatments, entrapment should be assessed and targeted by according interventions.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

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:

Blättler, Larissa Tatjana, Grosse Holtforth, Martin

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2667-2960

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Annette Barbara Kocher

Date Deposited:

11 Nov 2021 11:39

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 15:08

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.06.006

PubMed ID:

34224910

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/160424

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160424

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