RT Journal Article
T1 Exploring Changes in Activity Patterns in Individuals with Chronic Pain.
A1 Serrano-Ibáñez, Elena Rocío
A1 Bendayan, Rebecca
A1 Ramírez-Maestre, María del Carmen
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
A1 Ruiz-Párraga, Gema Teresa
A1 Peters, Madelon L.
A1 Esteve-Zarazaga, Rosa
K1 Dolor crónico - Aspectos psicológicos
AB This longitudinal study explored whether activity patterns change over time in a sample of 56 individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain over a 15-day period. Once a day, the participants recorded their level of pain intensity and the degree to which they had engaged in several specific activity patterns. Linear mixed models with random coe cients were used to investigate the rate of change in the activity patterns. Age, sex, pain intensity, and pain duration were controlled. The resultsshow that excessive persistence was the only self-reported activity pattern to show a linear change over the 15-day period. There was a decrease in excessive persistence, and this decrease was slower with higher levels of activity avoidance. However, no significant association was found between sex, age, pain intensity, and pain duration and excessive persistence at baseline or change over time. At baseline, a positive association was found between excessive persistence and pain avoidance, pain-related persistence, and pacing to reduce pain, and a negative association was found between excessive persistence and pacing to save energy for valued activities. This result suggests a profile characterized by alternate periods of high and low activity that, in this study, were unrelated to longitudinal changes in pain intensity.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36811
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36811
LA eng
NO Serrano-Ibáñez, E.R., Bendayan, R., Ramírez-Maestre, C., López-Martínez, A.E., Ruiz-Párraga, G.T., Peters, M.L., Esteve, R. (2020). Exploring Changes in Activity Patterns in Individuals with Chronic Pain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103560
NO This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2013-42512-P) and the Regional Government of Andalusia (HUM-566).
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 mar 2026