Mindful attention is inversely associated with pain via mediation by psychological distress in orthopedic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orthopedic patients report pain as their main symptom complaint. Subjective pain experience is correlated with self-reported psychological state, such as distress.

Purpose

This study tests whether scores from a measure of mindful attention are associated with subjective pain levels and whether psychological distress scores function as a mediation path.

Methods

During routine visits to a single orthopedic clinic in East Los Angeles, California, 525 patients were recruited to participate in the study. Participants reported on measures of pain (Universal Pain Assessment Tool [UPAT]), mindful attention (Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire [FFMQ]), and psychological distress (Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale [DASS]). We used Pearson correlations to examine rel

SUBMITTER: Lam CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765158 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature