Relationships among alexithymia and pain intensity, pain interference, and vitality in persons with neuromuscular disease: Considering the effect of negative affectivity

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-277

  Hosoi, Masako ^a   Molton, Ivan R ^b   Jensen, Mark P ^b   Ehde, Dawn M ^b   Amtmann, Silvia ^b   O'Brien, Sarah ^b   Arimura, Tatsuyuki ^c   Kubo, Chiharu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Chronic pain; Neuromuscular disease; SF 36; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951767698     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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