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Coping with pain in patients with osteoarthritis

Strategies used to cope with chronic pain are very important for the adjustment to the illness and its effects. Objectives were to measure pain coping strategies in patients with ostheoarthritis (OA) ; to investigate relations between their coping strategies, pain intensity, depression and anxiety. 50 OA patients completed The Coping Strategies Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale, Becks Depression Inventory and Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory. The most frequently used strategy is increasing activity level while reinterpreting is most rarely used. Patients with higher pain intensity are more anxious and depressed, and they use catastrophizing, increasing pain behaviour and praying/hoping more frequently. Catastrophizing is significant predictor for anxiety, explaining 38% of variance. Catastrophizing, increasing activity level and reinterpreting are significant predictors for depression, explaining 66% of variance. The results contribute to understanding of coping with pain and to the explaining of development of anxiety and depression in OA patients.

coping with pain ; osteoarthritis ; anxiety ; depression

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