Changes in Empathy in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Structural-Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Many pieces of research have focused on pain within individuals, but little attention has been paid to whether pain can change an individual's empathic ability and affect social relationships. The purpose of this study is to explore how chronic low back pain changes empathy. Methods: Twenty-four chronic low back pain patients and 22 healthy controls were recruited. We set up an experimental pain-exposed model for each healthy subject. All subjects received a painful-empathic magnetic resonance scan. After the scan, all subjects rated the pain intensity and multiple empathy-related indicators. The clinical assessment scale was the 20-item Basic Empathy Scale in Adults. Result: The chronic low back pain patients reported lower scores on the total scores of BES

SUBMITTER: Ma J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473423 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature