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Psychological, Pain, and Disability Factors Influencing the Perception of Improvement/Recovery from Physiotherapy in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors :
Roy La Touche
Joaquín Pardo-Montero
Mónica Grande-Alonso
Alba Paris-Alemany
Diego Miñambres-Martín
Encarnación Nouvilas-Pallejà
Source :
Healthcare, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 12 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2023.

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the possible relationships between psychological, pain, and disability variables with respect to the perception of change/recovery from physiotherapy in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed with 150 patients. All patients completed a series of self-administered questionnaires and a series of self-reports to quantify the perception of change with respect to the physiotherapy they underwent, the level of disability and pain intensity, the level of fear of movement, the level of catastrophism, the degree of self-efficacy, the level of therapeutic alliance and their adherence to the physiotherapy. Results: The strongest correlations were between the subjective perception of change and the number of sessions, treatment beliefs, self-efficacy, pain intensity, collaboration, and bonding. The linear regression model showed that the number of sessions, treatment beliefs, self-efficacy, compliance, pain intensity, and bonding were predictors of subjective perception of improvement, with 50% of the variance. Conclusions: Treatment beliefs, therapeutic alliance, degree of self-efficacy, and pain intensity have been shown to be predictors of a subjective perception of improvement in patients with CMP. In turn, multimodal treatments had the greatest positive impact on the subjective perception of improvement.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22279032
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Healthcare
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.66a37a6ae3824ed9a990879fb1afe8e9
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010012