Bihua Zhang, Shiqiang Xiong, Yufang Sun, Chuyao Xiang, Ping Wang
{"title":"Unraveling the fear of COVID-19 reinfection: insights from frontline doctors in China.","authors":"Bihua Zhang, Shiqiang Xiong, Yufang Sun, Chuyao Xiang, Ping Wang","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2024.2442110","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13548506.2024.2442110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Considering the end of global emergency status of Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) and the persistent risk of reinfection for healthcare workers (HCWs), it is important to evaluate the attitude of the HCWs toward reinfecting with COVID-19. To gather information about participants' concerns regarding reinfection with COVID-19, a comprehensive online questionnaire was administered to all individuals involved in the study. DASS-21 was used to assess their mental health. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the factors associated with fear of reinfection. A total of 982 questionnaires were collected for this study, with only 503 questionnaires included in the final analysis. Of the 503 respondents, 201 (39.96%) feared reinfection with COVID-19. Three factors emerged as significantly associated with the fear of reinfection: (a) having been infected with COVID-19 before, (b) feeling that COVID-19 had a lasting effect on one's life, and (c) experiencing anxiety. The most common factors reported by those who feared reinfection were: concern about the negative effects of reinfection on their physical health, worry about the possible long-term complications of reinfection, and belief that reinfection would not have a big impact. And the mental state of HCWs has improved and become more optimistic. Although the morale of HCWs has improved, it remains evident that a significant portion of them still have concerns about reinfection and continue to experience anxiety. Moving forward, it is crucial to provide timely psychological care and support to HCWs, alongside reinforcing efforts in epidemic management.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"723-736"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142856733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katarzyna Wojnar-Gruszka, Magdalena Miernik, Jakub Cichoń, Donata Liberacka-Lenart, Lucyna Płaszewska-Żywko, Marcelina Potocka
{"title":"Prevalence of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout syndrome (BOS) among intensive care unit (ICU) healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Katarzyna Wojnar-Gruszka, Magdalena Miernik, Jakub Cichoń, Donata Liberacka-Lenart, Lucyna Płaszewska-Żywko, Marcelina Potocka","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2455468","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2455468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pandemic COronaVIrus Disease-19 (COVID-19) was a traumatic event that had a significant impact on the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs), especially intensive care units (ICUs). Months of exposure and the threat of death can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and high physical and emotional strain can lead to burnout syndrome (BOS). The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of PTSD and BOS among ICU HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A case-control study was conducted in 2022 using a diagnostic survey method with 148 hCWs from two intensive care units: a temporary intensive care unit (tICU, <i>n</i> = 93) and a general intensive care unit (gICU, <i>n</i> = 55) in Cracow, Poland. The Impact of Events Scale (IES-R), Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) and a proprietary questionnaire were used. The results obtained indicate that 46.62% (69) of HCWs had pronounced PTSD symptoms. In the tICU HCWs, 47.31% (44) had severe symptoms of PTSD, and in the gICU HCWs, 45.45% (25) were affected. HCWs in the tICU reported the highest score in the Hyperarousal domain (<i>x</i> = 1.52; SD = 0.87), while HCWs from the gICU reported higher scores in the Avoidance domain (x<i>x</i> = 1.45 SD = 0.81). HCWs presented moderate levels of job BOS in the domains of exhaustion (50.68%; 75) and lack of commitment (64.86%; 96). It was shown that lack of commitment to work was significantly more frequent in the tICU group than in the gICU group (<i>p</i> = 0.022). It was shown that the greater the level of exhaustion or withdrawal, the greater the severity of each PTSD symptom. Activity responsibility and fatigue were found to be the most stressful in the workplace. PTSD symptoms co-occurred with BOS. It is necessary to provide employees with targeted psychological support in dealing with the post-pandemic emotional crisis and support the retention of nurses in the profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"770-781"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143025840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological health of healthcare workers during Shanghai lockdown: Prevalence and associated factors.","authors":"Xiaofei Mao, Tianya Hou, Ning Liu, Yueyang Liu, Jianguo Zhang, Wenxi Deng, Wei Dong, Huamao Peng","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2458250","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2458250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown may lead to mental health issues among healthcare workers (HCWs). A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate psychological health and its associated factors among HCWs. A total of 253 hCWs were recruited in Shanghai, China, through convenience sampling method. Demographic Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Insomnia Severity Index, and The Impact of Event Scale-Revised were used to assess demographic information, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), respectively. The associated factors of psychological health were identified by binary logistic regression analysis. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and PTSD was 6.3%, 10.3%, 9.9% and 17.8%, respectively. Female HCWs were more likely to report anxiety (<i>OR</i> = 5.50, 95%<i>CI</i> = [1.45-20.82], <i>p</i> < 0.05) and PTSD (<i>OR</i> = 3.20, 95%<i>CI</i>= [1.23-8.28], <i>p</i> < 0.05). Besides, being a nurse was associated with a lower level of PTSD symptoms (<i>OR</i> = 0.23, 95%<i>CI</i> = [0.07-0.76], <i>p</i> < 0.05). Symptoms of psychological health were screened positive in HCWs during the 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown. Gender and occupation were associated with psychological health. The hospital authorities of Shanghai need to pay special attention to female HCWs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"834-847"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143470135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emotions, coping and psychological flexibility in earthquake survivors: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Nazan Turan, Kök Eren Hülya, Gökçe Banu Acar Gül","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2024.2433540","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13548506.2024.2433540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Earthquakes may play a role in the development of several psychological distresses or psychopathologies. Nevertheless, protective factors such as positive emotions, psychological flexibility, and coping mechanisms may be helpful for earthquake survivors in coping. On the other hand, the role of both positive and negative emotions of earthquake survivors in psychological flexibility and coping remains elusive. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the relationship between emotions, coping, and psychological flexibility levels of earthquake survivors considering positive and negative emotions together. A total of 330 adult participants of the cross-sectional study completed the Participant Information Form, Perceived Ability to Cope with Trauma (PACT), Psychological Flexibility (PF), and Positive-Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) scales. Participants were aged between 20 and 68 years (Mean ± SD = 42.42 + 12.88). It was determined that as the PACT levels increased, the PF and negative emotion levels increased yet positive emotion levels decreased. As the PF levels increased, the negative emotion levels increased yet the positive emotion levels decreased (<i>p</i> < 0.01). According to the established model, it was concluded that the PACT was related to positive-negative emotion levels and values, being in the moment, and dissociation sub-dimensions of PF were unrelated to contextual self and acceptance (<i>p</i> > 0.05). In conclusion, positive-negative emotions and PF were found to have a mediating role in the coping of earthquake survivors. Mental health professionals may contribute to increasing PACT in earthquake survivors through interventions aimed at maintaining positive emotions, recognizing negative emotions, and increasing PF.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"677-696"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142787800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jia Guo, Ying Xie, Fangfang Zheng, Guoyu Yang, Feifei Wang
{"title":"The role of wellbeing literacy in enhancing college students' mental health: evidence from a dual-factor model.","authors":"Jia Guo, Ying Xie, Fangfang Zheng, Guoyu Yang, Feifei Wang","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2482958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2482958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the role of wellbeing literacy as part of a dual-factor model of mental health in Chinese college students. Utilising latent profile analysis (LPA) with data from over 11 000 participants, the research identifies four distinct mental health profiles: complete mental health, vulnerable, symptomatic with high WBL, and troubled. These categories highlight the diversity in mental health status among the students, influenced by demographic factors such as gender, age, and social circles. The findings reveal that female students and those with fewer friends are more likely to fall into vulnerable or troubled groups, whereas having a larger social network serves as a protective factor enhancing wellbeing. Consequently, the incorporation of wellbeing literacy proves essential for an enriched understanding of mental health beyond mere symptom assessment. The research outlines that younger and early college-year students are particularly at risk, underscoring the need for targeted interventions that integrate wellbeing literacy into mental health frameworks. Despite several limitations, including its cross-sectional nature and regional sampling, this study provides a novel approach to mental health assessment by integrating wellbeing literacy with traditional diagnostic measures, offering critical insights for improving mental health interventions in educational settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of psychoeducation on hope, loneliness and depression of nursing students who experienced 6 February 2023 Turkey earthquake.","authors":"Seher Çakmak, Sevda Uzun, Cansu Dere, Rabia Rümeysa Akdemir, Şevval Baygin, İclal Gül Çoban","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2486503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2486503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Psychoeducation after a traumatic event can help reduce negative effects by providing a cognitive framework for one's experience. It can also enable trauma survivors to increase their ability to help coping. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of psychoeducation on hope, loneliness and depression in nursing students who experienced 6 February 2023 Turkey earthquake. The study, which was conducted in experimental design, included 40 students who experienced the February 6 earthquake. 20 students were assigned to the psychoeducation group and 20 students to the control group. Students in the psychoeducation group received six sessions of psychoeducation, while students in the control group were not intervened. 'Personal Information Form', 'Beck Hopelessness Scale', 'UCLA Loneliness Scale' and 'Beck Depression Scale' were used to collect the data. Mean, standard deviation and percentage calculations, chi-square test and t test were used to analyze the data. Sociodemographic characteristics of the students in the psychoeducation and control groups were similar except for the place of residence (<i>p</i> > 0.05). It was determined that the mean score of the hope sub-dimension of the 'Beck Hopelessness Scale' was statistically significantly higher in the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference between the students in the psychoeducation and control groups in terms of hopelessness levels and mean scores of 'UCLA Loneliness Scale' and 'Beck Depression Scale' (<i>p</i> > 0.05). There was a statistically significant difference between the students in the psychoeducation and control groups in terms of depression levels (<i>p</i> < 0.05). In conclusion, psychoeducation was partially effective on hope and depression and not on loneliness in students who experienced the earthquake. Students in the psychoeducation group had lower levels of depression. It is recommended that students experiencing natural disasters such as earthquakes should be monitored by a specialized psychologist and the duration of psychoeducation should be regulated.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Farhad Lotfi, Amin Lotfi, Matin Lotfi, Artur Bjelica, Zorica Bogdanović
{"title":"Enhancing smart healthcare with female students' stress and anxiety detection using machine learning.","authors":"Farhad Lotfi, Amin Lotfi, Matin Lotfi, Artur Bjelica, Zorica Bogdanović","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2484698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2484698","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Machine learning (ML) is widely used to predict and detect stress and anxiety. Early detection of stress or anxiety is crucial for clinical pathways to enhance the supportive environment in society, particularly among female students. This study aims to assess and improve the accuracy of detecting stress and anxiety among female students using machine learning algorithms and functions. Three primary features are cigarette smoking, physical activity and grade point average (GPA). The multiple linear regression analysis conducted on 160 datasets obtained from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) at the University of Belgrade was selected. A heat map was utilised to identify the least engaging areas of the model along with most state anxiety factors. Additionally, R-squared (R<sup>2</sup>), mean absolute error (MAE), mean squared error (MSE) and root mean squared error (RMSE) were employed to assess the errors of the linear regression model for both pre-intervention and post-intervention, focusing on key features related to female students' anxiety. Using the K-Means algorithm, cluster analysis was executed on samples (<i>N</i> = 160) with three key features. The total average anxiety score was 44.39% (out of 80%) and is considered moderate. The heat map indicated a strong relationship between the variables. Overall, the post-intervention stage yielded acceptable results compared to the pre-intervention stage. Two clusters of anxiety among female students were identified, demonstrating that these features can accurately detect anxiety in female students. This research aims to analyse female students' stress and anxiety better using the linear regression algorithm. Additionally, ML functions demonstrated that smoking cigarettes, physical activity and GPA related to the stress and anxiety of female students have reduced errors during anxiety detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.","authors":"Lijuan Zhang, Weiyi Zhu, Shiguang Liu","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2482949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2482949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Depression has long been recognized as the most common mental disorders of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. This study aimed to compare and rank the efficacy of different psychological interventions for reducing depressive symptoms among RA patients. The PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang databases, and grey literature were searched between inception and 1 June 2023. Pairs of reviewers screened studies, abstracted aggregate-level data, and appraised risk of bias with the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The study was conducted using the STATA software version 14.0. A total of 23 randomized controlled trials, involving 1885 participants and 16 interventions were included in our analyses. In this network meta-analysis, two interventions were associated with a greater reduction in symptoms of depression compared with treatment as usual care group: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and combined psychological interventions (CP). Although most psychological interventions showed non-significant effects, the surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) values revealed that the best psychological intervention for depression was MBCT (99.9%), followed by CP (85.6%). MBCT may be the most recommended intervention against the depression among RA patients according to our network meta-analysis results. Considering the methodological limitations of the included studies, more high-quality and large-sample RCTs are needed to confirm this result in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between movement behaviors and depression among vocational school students with different sleep duration - a study based on the isotemporal substitution model.","authors":"Biaoqian Tang, Bohao Chen, Shuxian Yao, Yiyang Li, Hanqing Liu, Qianhong Chen, Jing Zhao, Shuqing Xu, Shumei Wang","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2482942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2482942","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The isotemporal substitution model can be used to explore the impact of the isotemporal substitution of different behaviors on human health. The association between sleep duration and mental health may be non-linear, but the relationship between the isotemporal substitution of movement behaviors and mental health in different sleep duration groups has not been explored. A questionnaire survey was conducted among Grade 1-3 students in 14 vocational schools in China, and 8149 valid questionnaires were obtained, of which 58.80% were in sleep-insufficient group, and 32.56% were detected with depression symptoms. The isotemporal substitution model was used for analysis. In the sleep-insufficient group, substituting 10 minutes/day of vigorous physical activity (β=-0.318, 95%I = -0.498~-0.138), walking (β=-0.254, 95%I = -0.381~-0.126) and sedentary behavior (β=-0.234, 95%I = -0.337~-0.130) with isotemporal moderate physical activity, or substituting vigorous physical activity (β=-0.465, 95%I = -0.577~-0.353), moderate physical activity (β=-0.147, 95%I = -0.263~-0.031), walking (β=-0.400,95%I = -0.476~-0.324) and sedentary behavior (β=-0.380,95%I = -0.434~-0.327) with isotemporal sleep, were negatively associated with depression; and substituting moderate physical activity (β = 0.318, 95%CI = 0.138 ~ 0.498) and sleep (β = 0.465, 95%CI = 0.353 ~ 0.577) with isotemporal vigorous physical activity was positively associated with depression. In the sleep-sufficient group, replacing sedentary behavior (β=-0.129, 95%I = -0.244~-0.013) with equivalent moderate physical activity was negatively associated with depression; replacing moderate physical activity (β = 0.219, 95%CI = 0.101 ~ 0.338), walking (β = 0.112, 95%CI = 0.040 ~ 0.185) and sedentary behavior (β = 0.091, 95%CI = 0.058 ~ 0.124) with equivalent sleep was positively associated with depression. For the sleep-insufficient group, substituting vigorous physical activity, walking, and sedentary behavior with isotemporal moderate physical activity and sleep had greater negative association with depression than the sleep-sufficient group. In conclusion, for the sleep-insufficient group, the substitution that was largest negatively associated with depression was sleep for other behaviors, and for sleep-sufficient group it was moderate physical activity for other behaviors. In future interventions, the sleep-insufficient group may achieve greater effects than the sleep-sufficient group if they use moderate physical activity and sleep instead of other behaviors.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143744501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan José Montaño, Elena Gervilla, Rafael Jiménez, Albert Sesé
{"title":"From acute to chronic low back pain: the role of negative emotions.","authors":"Juan José Montaño, Elena Gervilla, Rafael Jiménez, Albert Sesé","doi":"10.1080/13548506.2025.2478657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2025.2478657","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low back pain (LBP) constitutes a persistent and burdensome condition, frequently intricately intertwined with negative emotional states. The focus of this study is to discern distinct patterns of negative emotions among individuals experiencing Acute Low Back Pain (ALBP) and Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP), in comparison to a pain-free control group. The study endeavors to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) models in evaluating the discriminatory capacity of these emotions within the groups, thus addressing the issue of pain chronicity. The participant cohort consisted of 54 chronic patients, 44 acute, and 51 pain-free individuals for comparison purposes. Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), the study unveiled discernible patterns of emotional association. Significant disparities in emotional experiences emerged between acute and chronic patients. Anxiety assumed an essential role following the onset of LBP, whereas in the chronic group, depression took precedence, accompanied by an escalation in both anger and anxiety-related comorbidity. It's crucial to emphasize the absence of discernible variations in pain intensity between chronic and acute patients. These findings hold considerable implications, as they contribute to the refinement of LBP diagnosis and proactively hinder its progression. By unraveling the intricate interplay between negative emotions and the temporal course of LBP, this study deepens our comprehension and lays the groundwork for interventions addressing both the physical and emotional dimensions. These insights provide valuable input for effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, thereby alleviating the burden of chronic LBP on individuals and healthcare systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":54535,"journal":{"name":"Psychology Health & Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143733204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}