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The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age
Joint Authors
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis
Pinel, Luis
Perez-Nieto, Miguel A.
Redondo, Marta
Mateos, Leticia L.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-04-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chronic pain is a serious public health problem that has grown exponentially in recent years, which is why it has received the attention of numerous researchers.
Most of the studies in the field of chronic pain have focused on care as a mediating variable on the perception of painful stimuli and emotions.
Nevertheless, there are very few studies that have gone in the opposite direction.
This study’s aim is therefore to analyse the impact of emotional variables (anxiety and depression), the rating of pain, and age on vigilance processes in a sample of patients with chronic pain.
To do so, the attentional performance of a cohort of 52 patients with chronic pain was measured through the use of a modified dot-probe task.
Furthermore, all the participants were evaluated using the following self-report measures: Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-20 (PASS-20).
Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between the pain rating index and the number of mistakes the participants made during the attention test.
There was also a positive and significant correlation with age and another negative and significant correlation with cognitive anxiety regarding the overall performance times during the undertaking of the experimental task.
These results point to the importance of a more in-depth understanding of the impact that the emotional variables and other variables such as age have on attentional processes and the rating of pain.
Finally, the discussion focuses on the implications these results could have for clinical practice or for future research studies in this field.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pinel, Luis& Perez-Nieto, Miguel A.& Redondo, Marta& Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis& Mateos, Leticia L.. 2020. The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age. Pain Research and Management،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1206757
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pinel, Luis…[et al.]. The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age. Pain Research and Management No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1206757
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pinel, Luis& Perez-Nieto, Miguel A.& Redondo, Marta& Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Luis& Mateos, Leticia L.. The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age. Pain Research and Management. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1206757
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1206757