Expectations predict chronic pain treatment outcomes

Pain

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 329-338

  Cormier, Stéphanie ^a   Lavigne, Geneviève L ^b   Choinière, Manon ^c,d   Rainville, Pierre ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical outcomes; Expectation; Impression of change; Multidisciplinary treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955557281     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000379     Document Type: Article

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