Background : The coping pattern in chronic pain can be active or catastrophizing. High pain intensity is believed to have a strong relationship with catastrophizing.
Objective : To determine the relationship between pain intensity and catastrophizing in chronic neuromusculoskeletal pain patients at Atma Jaya Hospital.
Method :This was a descriptive-analytical study using secondary data collected from Pain Registry of the Neurology departement of UNIKA Atma Jaya Jakarta within March 2016 until August 2017. Instrument used in this study were Demographic questionnaire, Pain Scale, and Pain-related Self Statement (PRSS) questionnaire. Five pain intensity measurement were recorded during the past week namely IN1 (Current pain intensity), IN2 (lowest pain intensity), IN3 (highest pain intensity), IN4 (averagepain intensity), and IN5 (pain response).
Result : Data from 80 adult patients were obtained of which 45% women, 43.7% aged less than 60 years old, 47.5% having low education level, 41.25% unemployed, 65% married, and 47.5% low income patients. Most patients showed intolerable intensity on IN3 item, and tolerable intensity on IN2 item. Bivariate analysis showed that there were no significant relationship between all items of pain intensity and catastrophizing.
Conclusion : Another study showed that there was a significant relationship between pain intensity and catastrophizing, but in this study there was not a significant relationship in statistical analysis. |