Pain Catastrophizing Is Associated with Health Indices in Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Dutch Community

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Severeijns, Rudy ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^b   Van Den Hout, Marcel A ^b   Picavet, H Susan J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health status; Musculoskeletal pain; Pain catastrophizing

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1642539096     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.1.49     Document Type: Article

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