Are depression, anxiety, and fear-avoidance predictors of outcomes after digital care for chronic musculoskeletal pain?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite compelling evidence identifying psychological predictive factors in in-person rehabilitation, their validity in remote digital care settings remains unknown.

Objective

To assess whether fear-avoidance beliefs, depression, and anxiety predict pain outcomes after a digital care program (DCP) for chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP).

Methods

This ad hoc analysis of a decentralized interventional investigation included patients with CMP who underwent a DCP integrating exercise, education, and behavioral change. Pain outcomes were assessed using 4 measures: last pain score, relative pain change, achievement of postintervention mild pain, and pain response (≥30% change or last pain score ≤3). Predictors included baseline scores of Fear-avoidance Beliefs Que

SUBMITTER: Janela D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12369798 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature