Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain-ALGOS, Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 31;19(11):6708. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116708.
There is mounting evidence to suggest that individuals with chronic pain adjusted poorly to and were impacted negatively by social distancing measures during the lockdown. However, there is limited data on the factors that might protect against the negative effects associated with social distancing measures, as most research has been conducted in the general population and in the initial stages of the lockdown. The aim of this study was to improve the understanding of the role that resilience, happiness, and social support, all factors that are thought to have a protective role, played in the psychological function (measured as anxiety, depression, and stress) to the social distancing measures during the late stages of the lockdown in a sample of adults with and without chronic pain living in Spain. A group of 434 adults responded to an online survey and provided information on sociodemographic issues, which included measures of pain, perceived health and quality of life, depression, anxiety, stress, resilience, happiness, and social support. The data showed that individuals with chronic pain (N = 200; 46%) reported statistically significant worst psychological function, that is to say, they reported higher levels of anxiety, depression, and stress (all ps < 0.001). Resilience, social support, and happiness proved to be significant predictors of anxiety, depression, and stress, after controlling for the effects of age, gender, and chronic pain. Although the effect sizes were small to medium, they are consistent with the findings of other studies. The findings from this study provide important additional new information regarding the associations between resilience, happiness, and social support and the adjustment to the social distancing measures during the late stages of the lockdown. These findings can be used to develop programs to improve adjustment to and coping with the demands of social distancing measures.
越来越多的证据表明,慢性疼痛患者对封锁期间的社交距离措施调整不良,并受到负面影响。然而,关于可能保护人们免受社交距离措施相关负面影响的因素的数据有限,因为大多数研究都是在普通人群中和封锁的初始阶段进行的。本研究的目的是提高对弹性、幸福和社会支持等因素的作用的理解,这些因素被认为具有保护作用,在封锁后期,对西班牙患有和不患有慢性疼痛的成年人样本中,研究这些因素在心理功能(以焦虑、抑郁和压力衡量)对社交距离措施的作用。一组 434 名成年人对在线调查做出了回应,并提供了社会人口统计学问题的信息,包括疼痛、感知健康和生活质量、抑郁、焦虑、压力、弹性、幸福和社会支持的测量。数据显示,患有慢性疼痛的个体(N=200;46%)报告了统计学上显著更差的心理功能,也就是说,他们报告了更高水平的焦虑、抑郁和压力(所有 p<0.001)。在控制年龄、性别和慢性疼痛的影响后,弹性、社会支持和幸福感被证明是焦虑、抑郁和压力的显著预测因素。尽管效应大小较小,但与其他研究的发现一致。本研究的结果提供了关于弹性、幸福和社会支持与封锁后期对社交距离措施的调整之间关联的重要新信息。这些发现可用于制定改善对社交距离措施的调整和应对的计划。