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Ida K Flink1, Katja Boersma, Shane MacDonald

  • 1Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Sweden. ida.flink@oru.se

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Pain catastrophizing can be understood through problem-solving. This study found that catastrophizing mediates the link between biomedical problem framing and seeking medical care for back pain.

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  • Psychology
  • Pain Management
  • Health Behavior

Background:

  • Pain catastrophizing is a significant factor in chronic pain experiences.
  • Understanding its relationship with problem-solving is crucial for effective interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate pain catastrophizing from a problem-solving viewpoint.
  • To examine the mediating roles of catastrophizing and problem framing in health care seeking behavior for spinal pain.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective study with a general population sample (n=173) experiencing spinal pain.
  • Assessed pain catastrophizing, problem framing, and health care seeking behavior via questionnaires.
  • Employed multiple regression and bootstrapping methods to analyze mediation models.

Main Results:

  • Findings supported the misdirected problem-solving model's concepts but aligned with the fear-anxiety-avoidance model's relational direction.
  • Pain catastrophizing was confirmed as a mediator between biomedical problem framing and medically oriented problem-solving behavior.

Conclusions:

  • Pain catastrophizing can be effectively viewed through a problem-solving lens.
  • Clinical approaches for back pain patients should address both problem framing and catastrophizing.