Mediating Effect of Medical Coping Styles in Patients with Chronic Pain between Pain Degree and Pain Catastrophe

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the relationship between pain degree and pain catastrophe and medical coping mode in patients with chronic pain. Methods: A visual analogue score scale, medical coping style questionnaire and pain catastrophe scale were used to survey 200 patients in the pain department. Results: The average scores of pain degree of patients with chronic pain were (5.97 ± 2.29), the average score of the total score of the Pain Catastrophe Scale was (21.21 ± 11.56), and the average scores of facing, avoidance and surrender in the Medical Response Style Questionnaire were (17.93 ± 3.4), (16.82 ± 2.4), and (8.87 ± 2.83), respectively. Pain degree was positively correlated with the yield dimension in pain catastrophe and medical coping (p < 0.05). The yield dimension of medical coping was positively correlated with pain catastrophe (p < 0.05). Medical coping methods played a partial mediating role between pain degree and pain catastrophe, and the mediating effect accounted for 21.59% of the total effect. Conclusion: The pain level of chronic pain patients can affect the level of pain catastrophe through medical coping, and clinical medical staff should guide patients to adopt positive coping methods to promote their healthy recovery.

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