Pain, pain catastrophizing, and past legal charges related to drugs.
Using a self-report survey methodology in a cross-sectional consecutive primary care sample (N = 238), we examined pain at 3 time points (today, past month, past year), pain catastrophizing using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and history of legal charges for 5 drug-related crimes as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Among the subsample of 185 participants with histories of being prescribed analgesics, 33 reported a history of legal charges for drug-related crimes. Analyses of variance among this subsample confirmed statistically significant relationships between the current level of pain and history of legal charges for drug-related crimes, as well as level of pain catastrophizing and history of legal charges for drug-related crimes.
a Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine , Wright State University School of Medicine , Dayton , Ohio , USA.
Randy A
RA
Sansone
Daron A
DA
Watts
Michael W
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Wiederman
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D058443:Catastrophization / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care; D057566:Self Report; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
D000700:Analgesics
Drug misuse; Pain Catastrophizing Scale; pain; pain catastrophizing