The relationship of alexithymia to pain severity and impairment among patients with chronic myofascial pain: Comparisons with self-efficacy, catastrophizing, and depression

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 823-830

  Lumley, Mark A ^a   Smith, Julie A ^a   Longo, David J ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Catastrophizing; Depression; Myofascial; Pain; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036746694     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00337-9     Document Type: Article

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