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{"title":"Veterans in Northern Ireland: Evaluation of chronic pain experience, service type, and physical and mental health functioning.","authors":"Kevin E Vowles, Martin Robinson, Chérie Armour","doi":"10.1177/20494637241291954","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241291954","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic pain is common and associated with disruptions in quality of life (QoL) and psychosocial functioning. These issues are particularly pronounced in veterans, although data in this regard primarily come from the United States Veterans Affairs System, meaning less is known regarding veterans of other countries and regions. The present study evaluated veterans living in Northern Ireland (NI), a region with historic high rates of both chronic pain and psychosocial difficulties associated with the decades-long period of civil and military conflict preceding the 1999 armistice (the Good Friday Agreement). Unique to the Northern Ireland military operation was the initiation of Home Service battalions comprised of local recruits, a role with increased risk due to the conflict's nature and the fact that they were serving as a military and security presence in their home region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional assessment of veterans living in Northern Ireland (<i>N</i> = 722) provided details of service type (Home Service vs other service), current health conditions (including chronic pain), and current psychosocial functioning (including physical and mental health QoL, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD] symptoms).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings indicated that those with chronic pain had worse QoL, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Those with chronic pain were also more likely to have served in the Home Services, be unemployed, and be receiving disability payment. Contrary to hypotheses, there was no interaction between chronic pain and service type.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results extend previous work with veterans to the unique circumstances of a post-conflict military that engaged in operations within its own country and underscore the need for coordinated, efficacious interventions for co-morbid chronic pain and anxiety, depression, and PTSD.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":" ","pages":"20494637241291954"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11559513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pressure and cold pain threshold reference values in a pain-free older adult population.","authors":"R Waller, E Brown, J Lim, R Nadarajah, E Reardon, A Mikhailov, L Straker, D Beales","doi":"10.1177/20494637241276104","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241276104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>More sex-specific pain sensitivity normative values from population-based cohorts in pain-free older adults are required. The aims of this study were (1) to provide sex- and age-specific normative values of pressure and cold pain thresholds in older pain-free adults and (2) to examine the association of potential correlates of pain sensitivity with pain threshold values.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study investigated sex-specific pressure (lumbar spine, tibialis anterior, neck and dorsal wrist) and cold (dorsal wrist) pain threshold estimates for older pain-free adults aged 41-70 years. This cross-sectional study used participants (<i>n</i> = 212) from the Raine Study Gen1-26 year follow-up. The association of pain thresholds, with correlates including sex, test site, ethnicity, waist-hip ratio, smoking status, health-related quality of life, depression, anxiety and stress symptoms, sleep quality, socioeconomic status and physical activity levels, was examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Values for pressure and cold pain thresholds for older pain-free adults are provided, grouped by vicennium, sex and test site (pressure). Statistically significant independent correlates of increased pressure pain sensitivity were test site, ethnicity and sex. Only lower waist/hip ratio was a statistically significant, independent correlate of increased cold pain sensitivity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides robust sex- and age-specific normative values for pressure pain threshold and cold pain threshold for an older adult pain-free population. Combined with existing values, these data provide an important resource in assisting interpretation of pain sensitivity in clinical pain disorders and provide insights into the complex association of pain sensitivity with correlates that can be used in research.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":" ","pages":"20494637241276104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11559510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Botulinum toxin: Should we reconsider its place in the treatment of neuropathic pain?","authors":"Paul Bhalla","doi":"10.1177/20494637241282323","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241282323","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":"18 5","pages":"386-387"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11451518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What influences post-operative opioid requirements for tibial fractures?","authors":"James Zhang, Aaron Limonard, Florence Bradshaw, Ishrat Hussain, Maša Josipović, Matija Krkovic","doi":"10.1177/20494637241261013","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241261013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Currently there are few opioid prescribing guidelines for orthopaedic fractures. Long-term post-surgical analgesia requirements, understandably, vary between orthopaedic cases. Our study aims to provide detailed information to clinicians and policy makers, on the opioid requirement associations for patients sustaining tibial fractures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study reviewed all patients sustaining an isolated tibial fracture at a major trauma centre that were operated on within 1 month of injury, from 2015 to 2022. The total opioid dosage used each month in morphine milligrams equivalents (MME) and the number of days opioids were used each month, within the first-year post-surgery were collected, representing the strength and coverage of opioid analgesia in the post-operative stage, respectively. We compared opioid strength and coverage requirements with types of definitive fracture fixations, location, fracture type and concurrent patient medical comorbidities to assess for any trends.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1814 patients sustaining a combined of 1970 fractures were included in the study. Tibial plateau fractures had the highest opioid strength and coverage requirements in each month and the entire year (<i>p</i> < .05). Across all fracture locations, Ex Fix frame showed higher opioid strength and coverage requirements compared to both IM nailing and plate ORIF. With regard to opioid coverage in the presence of specific comorbidities, only chronic kidney disease (quotient: 1.37, 95% Confidence interval [95%CI] = 1.19-1.55, <i>p</i> = .002) and hypertension (quotient: 1.34, 95%CI = 1.14-1.53, <i>p</i> = .009) showed significance at the 1-year overall level. For opioid strength, Chronic Kidney Disease (quotient: 1.72, 95%CI = 1.41-2.03 <i>p</i> = .005) and COPD (quotient: 1.90, 95%CI = 1.44-2.36, <i>p</i> = .014), show significance at the 1-year overall level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study details opioid requirements post-surgery amongst tibial fractures with subgroup analysis assessing opioid needs amongst specific fracture locations, types, surgical techniques and medical comorbidities. This framework aids clinicians in anticipating rehabilitation and assists in risk stratifying patients at injury onset.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":"18 5","pages":"433-443"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11440535/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142362209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intrathecal drug delivery for the management of pain and spasticity in adults: British Pain Society's recommendations for best clinical practice.","authors":"Sam Eldabe, Rui Duarte, Simon Thomson, Stana Bojanic, Paul Farquhar-Smith, Somnath Bagchi, Lis Farquhar, Bill Wetherill, Sue Copley","doi":"10.1177/20494637241280356","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241280356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The British Pain Society updated their recommendations on intrathecal drug delivery (ITDD) for the management of pain and spasticity in adults. The recommendations are primarily evidence based but where necessary comprise the consensus opinion of the working group. The recommendations are accompanied by information for patients and their carers, intended to inform and support patients in their decision making. The updated guidance includes recent evidence base of ITDD use in pain and spasticity, address the issues of drug pump compatibility following the latest manufacturer and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommendations as well as provide an update on the indications and complication management particularly endocrine complications and intrathecal granuloma formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":" ","pages":"20494637241280356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11561936/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Persistent post-discharge opioid use and opioid stewardship: A single-centre retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Sandra Hapca, Louise Peet, Christine Gibson, Andrea Harvey, Patrice Forget","doi":"10.1177/20494637241276106","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241276106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Persistent post-operative opioid use is a public health concern contributing to population morbidity and mortality. Opioid stewardship is a strategy adopted to rationalise opioid prescribing and limit harmful use. We describe persistent post-discharge opioid use rates and risk factors in a single-centre cohort and describe the opioid stewardship role of our Acute Pain Service (APS). We conducted a retrospective 4-year cohort study of inpatients referred to the APS and discharged with new strong opioids prescribed. We investigated persistent post-discharge opioid use rates, risk factors and patterns of opioid use after community follow-up by APS. We found that 24% of patients discharged with new strong opioids developed persistent opioid use. Risk factors associated with persistent post-discharge opioid use in our cohort included female sex (Odds Ratios [95% confidence interval], <i>p</i> value, OR: 1.89 [1.11-3.22], <i>p</i> = 0.019), pre-admission mental health history (OR: 2.85 [1.64-4.95], <i>p</i> < 0.001) and pre-admission opioid use (OR: 1.79 [1.03-3.11], <i>p</i> = 0.004). A smaller proportion of patients with APS follow-up in community developed persistent opioid use (22%) compared to those without (32%). We conclude that having opioids prescribed at time of discharge can result in persistent opioid use in up to a quarter of patients. The APS has an important protective role in rationalising opioid use in hospital but also following discharge. Development of further opioid stewardship policies is needed including improvement of patient and staff awareness and pre-operative assessment of patients with recognised risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":" ","pages":"20494637241276106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11561955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences in the relationship between pain and anxiety in total knee and hip arthroplasty: a longitudinal cross-lagged analysis mediated by depression and pain catastrophizing.","authors":"Ana Cristina Paredes, Patrício Costa, Márcia Costa, Patrícia Oliveira, Pedro Varanda, Armando Almeida, Patrícia R Pinto","doi":"10.1177/20494637241273905","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241273905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute postsurgical pain (APSP) is an important risk factor for pain chronification, with reports of being more intense after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) than after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Psychological variables have been associated with differences in postsurgical pain experience. This study aimed to analyse the longitudinal reciprocal association between pain and anxiety levels in patients undergoing TKA or THA, to investigate the moderator role of the type of surgery and to explore psychological mediators in the anxiety - pain association. Patients undergoing TKA (<i>n</i> = 120) or THA (<i>n</i> = 109) were evaluated before surgery and in the acute postsurgical period (48 h postsurgery). Presurgical assessment comprised sociodemographic, pain-related and psychological variables (anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing, self-efficacy, optimism and satisfaction with life). Postsurgical assessment focused on pain frequency, pain intensity and anxiety. Longitudinal associations were explored using cross-lagged panel models that included the indirect effect paths through possible mediators (pain catastrophizing and depression). Multigroup analyses compared TKA and THA. In the global sample, higher APSP was predicted by higher presurgical pain and worse presurgical anxiety. Multigroup analyses revealed that worse APSP was predicted by higher presurgical anxiety in patients undergoing TKA and by higher presurgical pain in patients undergoing THA. Furthermore, there was a positive significant indirect effect of pain catastrophizing, but not depressive symptoms, in the relationship between presurgical anxiety and APSP in THA. Anxiety and APSP are differently interrelated in TKA and THA. Psychological characteristics could be managed before surgery to favour better APSP control and potentially prevent pain chronification after total joint arthroplasty.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":" ","pages":"20494637241273905"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11561940/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142649243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experience of compassion-based practice in mindfulness for health for individuals with persistent pain.","authors":"Callum Gray, Fergal Jones, Alessio Agostinis, Julia Morris","doi":"10.1177/20494637241232555","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241232555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of the study: </strong>Research indicates that acquiring compassion is an integral part to positive outcomes to Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI), yet there is both theoretic and empirical literature suggesting that people with persistent pain are more likely to experience challenges and distress when engaging compassion-based practices. Mindfulness for Health is a standardised MBI for people with persistent pain and health conditions. This study sought to explore the positive, neutral and difficult experiences of compassion-based practice and meditation for participants in Mindfulness for Health to further understand implications and risks for participants of MBI's.</p><p><strong>Method and design: </strong>A qualitative design using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was applied to explore how participants understood of the experience of compassion-based practice and the meaning they gave to it. Eight participants who had completed the Mindfulness for Health from four separate groups were interviewed about their experience.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five master themes were identified 'turning away from self-with-pain', 'self-with-pain experienced as shameful', 'facilitating change', 'turning towards self-with-pain', and 'accepting self'. Participants identified both perceived positive changes and difficult emotional experiences during the meditation practice, which they related to the context of compassion in their past and present life.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Developing compassion is an important part of Mindfulness for Health, which is salient for participants as both a challenging and potentially valuable experience. Acquisition of mindfulness skills, supporting group dynamics and modelling compassion are understood as helpful in overcoming personal barriers and challenging experiences. Further research is needed to understand processes involved and explore the experience of non-completers.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":"18 4","pages":"337-353"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11289905/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prehabilitation: The underutilised weapon for chronic pain management.","authors":"Lydia V Tidmarsh, Richard Harrison, Katherine A Finlay","doi":"10.1177/20494637241250239","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241250239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Prehabilitation encompasses preparatory clinical intervention(s) delivered during the period between diagnosis and treatment commencement. Despite widespread successful usage preoperatively, <i>psychological</i> prehabilitation is neglected in outpatient chronic pain management. Although pain management waitlists are associated with treatment attrition and psychological and physical decline, this time window is underutilised in preventing escalation. Waitlists present an under-explored opportunity to 'prehabilitate' patients waiting for treatment. This topical review aimed to: (1) examine the effectiveness of psychological prehabilitation for pain services; (2) evaluate the psychological and physical decline associated with waiting for pain management; (3) highlight key psychological prehabilitative targets for increasing treatment engagement; (4) promote pain management psychological prehabilitation within personalised pain medicine, building recommendations for future interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Studies regarding the impact of waitlists and prehabilitation for chronic pain were reviewed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings demonstrated that the psychological constructs of patient expectations, health locus of control, self-efficacy and pain catastrophizing dynamically influence attrition, treatment engagement and outcomes while waiting. These constructs are amenable to change, emphasising their potential utility within a targeted waitlist intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Prehabilitating chronic pain patients towards treatment engagement could circumvent cycles of failed treatment seeking, preventing psychological and physical decline, and reducing healthcare utilisation. Utilising the waitlist to identify psychosocial risk factors (external health locus of control, low self-efficacy and high pain catastrophizing) would identify <i>who</i> requires additional support to prevent increased risk of treatment failure, enhancing personalised care before prescribed treatment is accessed. This review cements the urgent need for pain services to engage proactively with prehabilitation innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":"18 4","pages":"354-364"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11289902/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The interaction between psychological factors and conditioned pain modulation.","authors":"Kristian Kjær-Staal Petersen","doi":"10.1177/20494637241263306","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20494637241263306","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46585,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Pain","volume":"18 4","pages":"312-313"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11289904/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141876307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}