[Self-efficacy expectation as a central concept in interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy : Conceptual horizon, implementation, recording and limits]. / Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung als zentrales Konzept in der interdisziplinären multimodalen Schmerztherapie : Begriffshorizont, Umsetzung, Erfassung und Grenzen.

ABSTRACT

The concept of self-efficacy expectation shows high relevance for interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy (IMST) aimed at activity and self-regulation due to its theoretical embedding and empirical correlations to the experience of pain. Several issues limit this potential At the level of the construct definition, there are ambiguities and overlaps with other concepts. A pain-specific transfer to IMST has not yet been performed. With the help of existing instruments, only a small part of what an IMST can achieve in terms of increasing pain-specific competence seems to be detectable. In perspective, a clarification of terms by including patients and the conception of a questionnaire based on this is indicated.