Acceptance and Fear-Avoidance Mediate Outcomes of Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Programs at 12-Month Follow-Up : A Clinical Registry-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study from the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation (SQRP)

© 2024 Gerdle et al..

Background: Factors that influence outcomes of interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs (IPRP) are poorly known. It is unclear how outcomes are influenced by pain intensity, psychological distress, and coping strategies.

Aim: This clinical registry-based longitudinal cohort study has three aims: 1) to determine the relative importance of pain intensity, psychological distress, acceptance, and fear-avoidance for changes in three outcomes of IPRP at 12-month follow-up; 2) to investigate whether the effects of pain intensity and psychological distress on the three outcomes are mediated via acceptance and fear-avoidance; and 3) to determine whether sex is a moderator.

Methods: This study uses Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) from specialist units reporting data (2008-2016) to the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation (SQRP). Adult chronic pain patients (N = 1991) answered the PROMs (background, pain, psychological distress, coping, participation, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)). Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to explore the aims.

Results: Changes in acceptance (β:0.424-0.553; all P<0.001) were the strongest predictor of the three outcomes (changes in life control, interference, and HRQoL) at 12-month follow-up. The next strongest predictor was baseline acceptance (β: 0.177-0.233; all P<0.001) and changes in fear-avoidance (β: -0.152- -0.186; all P<0.001). Baseline pain intensity and psychological distress showed weak positive associations. Their effects on the three outcomes were mediated via acceptance aspects. Sex was not a moderator.

Discussion and Conclusion: Acceptance aspects (baseline and changes) were important predictors of IPRP outcomes. Changes in fear-avoidance were also important although to a lesser degree. Some of the effects of pain intensity and psychological distress on outcomes were mediated via acceptance at baseline. Future PLS-SEM analysis of real-world IPRP should include more potential mediators (eg, catastrophizing and more facets of psychological flexibility and fear-avoidance) and the components of IPRP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Journal of pain research - 17(2024) vom: 03., Seite 83-105

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gerdle, Björn [VerfasserIn]
Dragioti, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Rivano Fischer, Marcelo [VerfasserIn]
Ringqvist, Åsa [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Anxiety
Chronic pain
Coping strategies
Depression
Health
Journal Article
Pain management

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 11.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/JPR.S438260

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366875655