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| Published: June 10, 2017
Relationship of Parental Responses to Pain Catastrophization, Pain Intensity and Functional Limitations in Children with Functional Pain
Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), Goa Medical College, Bambolim Panaji, Goa, India
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Assistant Professor- Sr. grade, Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India
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Professor & Head, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India
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DIP: 18.01.088/20170403
DOI: 10.25215/0403.088
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Pain is primarily a psychological experience. Based on social learning theory, studies have examined association between parental behaviours and child’s functioning in various pain situations. Objectives: 1) to examine relationship of parental responses to pain catastrophization, functional disability and pain intensity in children with functional pain complaints. 2) to explore psychosocial problems associated with functional pain. Methodology: Participants were 43 children diagnosed with functional pain, referred from Paediatric units of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Measures examining parental responses to pain, pain catastrophization, pain intensity, functional limitations and psychosocial problems were administered. Results: Analyses revealed significant associations between pain catastrophization and some of its types and functional disability. On the whole, statistically significant relationship between parental responses and pain catastrophization was not observed. But, on gender based analysis, solicitous parental response predicted pain rumination aspect of pain catastrophization in females. Among psychosocial problems, school and family problems were predominant. Conclusions: This study highlighted the role of pain catastrophization in predicting functional limitations in children and role of parental attention in increasing pain rumination in females. Hence, intervention should target the exaggerated pain perceptions, parental attention and psychosocial problems to ameliorate the functional limitations.
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© 2017 Varghese J
Received: May 04, 2017; Revision Received: May 24, 2017; Accepted: June 10, 2017
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.088/20170403
10.25215/0403.088
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Published in Volume 04, Issue 3, April-June, 2017