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| shawnsmith |
Posted - 02/23/2010 : 12:30:24
I got this e-mail today in response to a study I participated in. Details of the study at the website below.
Shawn
Thank you for participating in the Pain-Related Avoidance and Distress Study. You expressed an interest in receiving the results of this study and we are pleased to provide some results at this time.
- This study was designed to develop a new questionnaire that measures how much people avoid activities because of their pain and how much distress pain causes.
- The results suggest that avoiding activities because of pain is strongly associated with the degree of distress related to pain.
- Individuals in this study were generally more distressed about activities rather than avoidant of activities.
- Distress (but not avoidance) was related to current levels of pain and typical pain experience.
- In this study, we have found that how much people fear their pain is related to how much they avoid activities because of their pain. In addition, how much people fear their pain is related to how much distress their pain causes them.
- This study adds to a growing body of research indicating that pain is a multi-faceted condition that is associated with high levels of anxiety and fear.
Thank you again for your participation. Additional information regarding these study findings will be available at www.aibl.ca in the future.
Sincerely,
Researchers at the Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory
University of Regina
Regina, SK, Canada
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Anxiety & Illness Behaviours Laboratory
University of Regina
Regina, SK, S4S 0A6
Tel: (306) 337-2473
Email: anxiety.lab@uregina.ca
Web: http://www.aibl.ca
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