Association between chronic back pain impact on people’s lives and pain management strategies, taking into account pain duration

The article analyzes association between the impact of chronic low back pain on people’s lives and the use of pain management strategies. Purpose. To analyze association between chronic low back pain impact on person’s functioning and the use of pain management strategies, taking into account pain durations. Methods. Investigation was assessed by the questionnaire survey. Statistical analysis was based on the 70 women, su,ering from chronic back pain, answers to the questionnaire. Pain impact on people’s lives was assessed by use of the *rst scale of The West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI)) (Kerns, Turk, Rudy, 1985). The use of pain coping strategies – by The Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory (VPMI) (Brown, Nicassio, 1987). Results and conclusions. Increased levels of pain interference, pain severity, decreased self-control and good mood is associated with more intensive use of passive pain catastrophizing and social support seeking strategies. Increased levels of pain interference, pain severity and low mood in longer pain duration group is associated with more intensive use of passive pain catastrophizing and social support seeking strategies, while lower self-control only with use of passive pain catastrophizing strategy. Increased level of pain interference in shorter pain durance group is associated with more intensive use of passive pain catastrophizing and social support seeking strategies, while decreased levels of signi*cant others support and self-control only with use of passive social support seeking strategy, and increased low mood – only with passive pain catastrophizing strategy