Pressure Pain Phenotypes in Women Before Breast Cancer Treatment.
Oncol Nurs Forum
; 45(4): 483-495, 2018 07 02.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To explore associations between quantitative sensory testing (QST) and pretreatment pain, physical, and psychological characteristics in women with breast cancer. SAMPLE &SETTING:
41 women with treatment-naive stage 0-III breast cancer at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor. METHODS & VARIABLES Participants completed self-report surveys and QST within the month before breast surgery. Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were measured bilaterally at each trapezius with a manual QST algometer. PPT values were split, yielding low, moderate, and high pain sensitivity subgroups. Subgroup self-reported characteristics were compared using Spearman's correlation, chi-square, and one-way analysis of variance.RESULTS:
Lower PPT (higher sensitivity) was associated with higher levels of pain interference and maladaptive pain cognitions. The high-sensitivity group reported higher pain severities, interference, and catastrophizing and lower belief in internal locus of pain control than the low-sensitivity group. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Individualized interventions for maladaptive pain cognitions before surgery may reduce pain sensitivity and the severity of chronic pain developed after surgery.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Asunto principal:
Dolor
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Dimensión del Dolor
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Manejo del Dolor
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Analgésicos
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oncol Nurs Forum
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article