Author, as appears in the article.: Nieto, Ruben; Pardo, Rebeca; Sora, Beatriz; Feliu-Soler, Albert; Luciano, Juan V.;

Department: Psicologia

e-ISSN: 2077-0383

URV's Author/s: Sora Miana, Beatriz

Keywords: Well-being Version Triggers Social-isolation Self-management Psychological stress Low-back-pain Loneliness Lockdown Life Job insecurity Covid-19 Coping Clinical-trials Chronic pain Chronic musculoskeletal pain

Abstract: The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is one of the most important healthcare and societal challenges to have emerged in the last century. It may have effects on both physical and psychosocial health, but studies considering the impact on vulnerable populations, such as people with chronic pain, are needed. In this cross-sectional study, an online survey of relevant chronic pain domains, coping strategies, triggers and potential related variables was answered by 502 Spanish individuals with chronic pain. Participants were mainly women (88%) with longstanding chronic pain and moderate to high pain intensity and disability. The perception of pain aggravation and the most pain-related outcomes were observed. Contextual variables such as job insecurity, worries about the future, people cohabiting, being close to someone who had passed away, or being potentially infected with COVID-19 were related to worse outcomes. More than half the participants altered their pain management style (e.g., increased medication intake) and several changes occurred with respect to pain triggers (cognitions, feelings of insecurity and loneliness, and sleeping problems were more frequently reported as triggers during lockdown). Our preliminary results highlight the negative effects of lockdown on patients with chronic pain as well as the need to make available cost-effective and remotely accessible healthcare resources for counteracting them.

Thematic Areas: Medicine, general & internal Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicine (all)

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: beatriz.sora@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-7947-3948

Record's date: 2022-07-24

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3558

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Journal Of Clinical Medicine. 9 (11):

APA: Nieto, Ruben; Pardo, Rebeca; Sora, Beatriz; Feliu-Soler, Albert; Luciano, Juan V.; (2020). Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures on Spanish People with Chronic Pain: An Online Study Survey. Journal Of Clinical Medicine, 9(11), -. DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113558

Article's DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113558

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications