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Published on: July 4, 2018
Illness perceptions, negative emotions, and pain in patients with noncardiac chest pain
Jared I Israel1, Kamila S White, Ernest V Gervino
1Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, One University Boulevard, 325 Stadler Hall, St. Louis, MO, 63121, USA, Jared.Israel@umsl.edu.
Abstract:
Illness-specific cognitions are associated with outcomes in numerous health conditions, however, little is known about their role in noncardiac chest pain (NCCP). NCCP is prevalent, impairing, and associated with elevated health care utilization. Our objective was to investigate the relations between illness perceptions, emotion, and pain in a sample of 196 adult patients diagnosed with NCCP. We found that negative illness perceptions were associated with greater anxiety, depression, chest pain, and pain-related life interference while controlling for the effects of demographic and pain-related variables. These results expand current NCCP theory and may inform future treatment development.
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