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- Title
FACING INVALIDATION: A FURTHER CHALLENGE WHEN LIVING WITH CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN.
- Authors
JÄREMO, Pirjo; ARMAN, Maria; GERDLE, Björn; GOTTBERG, Kristina
- Abstract
Objective: The concept of "invalidation" refers to the patient's perception that the social environment does not recognize their medical condition. This study explores and describes invalidation experiences among Swedish patients with chronic widespread pain with regard to sociodemographic and pain characteristics, impact of pain, self-reported health, and symptoms of anxiety and depressive. Methods: A cross-sectional design using questionnaires, including sociodemographic and pain variables, the Illness Invalidation Inventory (Likert scale items regarding 5 sources), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Short-Form General Health Survey. Descriptive and univariate analyses were applied. Results: Of the 152 respondents, 91% were women. Swedish patients with chronic widespread pain experienced invalidation to a large extent from all sources. The highest scores for invalidation were reported from contacts with social services (68%), and the lowest from spouses (30%). Being younger (p < 0.006), having periodic pain (p = 0.011), and having had more frequent visits to a doctor in the previous year (p = 0.007) were characteristics associated with higher invalidation scores. Experiences of invalidation were associated with worse self-reported mental health scores (r = -0.29 to --0.46). Conclusion: Since patients with chronic widespread pain frequently experience invalidation from the social environment, this further challenge in daily life must be taken into consideration in pain management within multimodal pain rehabilitation.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; CHRONIC pain &; psychology; STATISTICS; CROSS-sectional method; SELF-evaluation; HEALTH outcome assessment; HEALTH surveys; MANN Whitney U Test; PATIENTS' attitudes; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MENTAL depression; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; ANXIETY; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; DATA analysis software; DATA analysis
- Publication
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (Stiftelsen Rehabiliteringsinformation), 2022, Vol 54, p1
- ISSN
1650-1977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/jrm.v54.67