Affect and Low Back Pain: More to Consider Than the Influence of Negative Affect Alone.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Affect balance style, a measure of trait positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), is predictive of pain and functioning in fibromyalgia and healthy individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the distribution of affect balance styles and the relationship between these styles and clinical factors in low back pain.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, patients with low back pain (N=443) completed questionnaires and were categorized as having 1 of 4 distinct affect balance styles: Healthy (high levels of PA and low levels of NA), Low (low PA/low NA), Reactive (high PA/high NA), and Depressive (low PA/high NA). Comparisons between groups were made in regard to pain, functioning, and psychiatric comorbidity.

Results

High NA was observed in 63%

SUBMITTER: Hassett AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4988940 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature