Chronic Pain Acceptance: Relations to Opioid Misuse and Pain Management Motives Among Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain

Original research
by
Smit, Tanya et al

Release Date

2022

Geography

USA

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

No

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Objective

The current investigation sought to explore the effects of chronic pain acceptance on opioid misuse and motives for opioid use (i.e., pain management and coping motives) among adults with chronic lower back pain (CLBP).

Findings/Key points

Results indicated that higher acceptance of pain was related to lower levels of opioid misuse and lower motivation to use opioids to cope with pain. Contrary to hypotheses, chronic pain acceptance did not predict motivation to use opioids to cope with emotional distress (i.e., coping motives).

Design/methods

Online survey (n=291)

Keywords

Chronic pain
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