Mannes Zachary L, Ferguson Erin G, Ennis Nicole, Hasin Deborah S, Cottler Linda B
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.
J Clin Sport Psychol. 2023 Mar;17(1):27-40. doi: 10.1123/jcsp.2020-0061. Epub 2021 Sep 25.
Over 80% of National Football League (NFL) retirees experience daily pain. Pain acceptance is an important psychological construct implicated in the intensity of chronic pain, though these findings have not been extended to NFL retirees. Therefore, the current study examined the association between pain acceptance and pain intensity among former NFL athletes. NFL retirees ( = 90) recruited from 2018 to 2019 completed questionnaires that assessed pain, substance use, and NFL career information. Multiple linear regression examined the association between current pain acceptance and pain intensity while adjusting for other risk factors of pain. NFL retirees reported average scores of 33.31 ( = 10.00), and 2.18 ( = 2.40) on measures of pain acceptance and pain intensity, respectively. After covariate adjustment, greater pain acceptance (β = -0.538, < .001) was associated with lower pain intensity. These findings can further inform the behavioral and mental health care of retired NFL athletes.
超过80%的美国国家橄榄球联盟(NFL)退休人员每天都经历疼痛。疼痛接纳是一种重要的心理构念,与慢性疼痛的强度有关,尽管这些发现尚未扩展到NFL退休人员。因此,本研究调查了前NFL运动员的疼痛接纳与疼痛强度之间的关联。2018年至2019年招募的90名NFL退休人员完成了评估疼痛、物质使用和NFL职业生涯信息的问卷。多元线性回归在调整其他疼痛风险因素的同时,研究了当前疼痛接纳与疼痛强度之间的关联。NFL退休人员在疼痛接纳和疼痛强度测量上的平均得分分别为33.31(标准差 = 10.00)和2.18(标准差 = 2.40)。在进行协变量调整后,更高的疼痛接纳度(β = -0.538,P < .001)与更低的疼痛强度相关。这些发现可以为退休NFL运动员的行为和心理健康护理提供进一步的参考。