RT Journal Article
T1 Pain acceptance and pain-related disability predict healthcare utilization and medication intake in patients wwith non-specific chronic spinal pain
A1 Esteve-Zarazaga, Rosa
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
A1 Ruiz-Párraga, Gema Teresa
A1 Serrano-Ibáñez, Elena Rocío
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
AB Longitudinal research is needed to determine predictive factors of healthcare utilization andmedication intake in people with non-specific spinal pain. This study aims to prospectively examinethe predictive value of sex, age, work status, pain intensity, pain acceptance, disability, depression,pain anxiety, and catastrophizing in relation to healthcare utilization and medication intake in peoplewith non-specific spinal pain. Participants were 79 patients with non-specific spinal pain of 6 to 9months’ duration. They were followed-up at 6 months and 12 months. At enrolment they wereadministered a battery of questionnaires assessing the predictive variables. Healthcare utilization andmedication intake were assessed at follow-ups 1 and 2. At follow-up 1, higher pain acceptance wasassociated with less healthcare utilization and less medication intake, while male sex was associatedwith less medication intake. At follow-up 2, higher pain-related disability was associated withhigher healthcare use, and pain intensity was associated with higher medication intake. These resultssuggest that during the early stages of non-specific spinal pain chronification, pain acceptance andthe avoidance of pain-related disability—understood as giving up normal activities—can lead toreductions in healthcare utilization and medication intake
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41310
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41310
LA eng
NO Esteve, R.; López-Martínez, A.E.; Ruiz-Párraga, G.T.; Serrano-Ibáñez, E.R.; Ramírez-Maestre, C. (2020). Pain acceptance and pain-related disability predict healthcare utilization and medication intake in patients wwith non-specific chronic spinal pain. International Journal of Enviromental Research and Public Health, 17, 5556
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026