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James RJE, Ferguson E. Depression, Cognition, and Pain: Exploring Individual, Cultural and Country-Level Effects Across Europe. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2023; 24:1104-1115. [PMID: 36966946 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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The aim of this paper was to investigate the role of economic (eg, GDP per capita), political (eg, healthcare spending), cultural (country-level aggregates norms) and individual correlates (eg, depression) of pain in a secondary analysis of a sample of 76,000 adults in 19 countries across Europe. The sample was aggregated from 2 waves of the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe cohort, using multilevel models with cross-level interactions between individual and country-level effects. While there has been extensive focus on individual risk factors (eg, depression, cognition, BMI), the role of social, political and cultural contextual factors has been relatively underexplored. In addition to replicating well-established individual risk factors (eg, increased depression), we demonstrate that higher levels of depression, chronic pain diagnosis, and collectivism, aggregated at the country-level, are also associated with increased pain severity. There was evidence that these country-level effects moderate the effect of individual correlates of pain. These results contribute to the literature by identifying the importance of broader cultural factors alongside individual psychological indices of pain reporting. PERSPECTIVE: In this study we model how individual, political and cultural factors influence pain in a large cross-national sample. In addition to replicating established individual effects, it shows how cultural (ie, collectivism) and political (eg, GDP, healthcare spending) factors affect individual expressions of pain, and how the cultural and individual factors interact with each other.
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- Richard J E James
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK; Versus Arthritis Pain Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
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Tan BY, Goh ZZS, Lim CJ, Pereira MJ, Yang SY, Tan KG, Tan ACK, Liang P, Abbott JH, Briggs AM, Hunter DJ, Skou ST, Thumboo J, Car J. Singapore KneE osTeoarthritis CoHort (SKETCH): protocol for a multi-centre prospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:104. [PMID: 36750930 PMCID: PMC9903549 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06207-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of global disability. The understanding of the role of psychosocial factors in knee OA outcomes is still evolving particularly in an Asian context. The primary aim of this study is to explore psychosocial factors that prognosticate short and long-term clinical outcomes, productivity, and healthcare utilization in patients with knee OA. Secondary aims are to explore the mediation and directional relationships and the role it plays in predicting the discordance between self-reported measures (SRM), physical-performance measures (PPMs) and objective clinical parameters. METHODS A multi-centre prospective cohort study of community ambulant knee OA patients seeking treatment in the tertiary healthcare institutions in Singapore will be conducted. Patients with secondary arthritis, significant cognitive impairment, severe medical comorbidities or previous knee arthroplasty will be excluded. Primary clinical outcome measure is the Knee injury and OA Outcome Score-12 (KOOS-12). Baseline characteristics include sociodemographic status, arthritis status including symptom duration and radiographic severity, comorbidities and functional status through Charlson Comorbidities Index (CCI), Barthel Index (BI) and Parker Mobility Score (PMS). Psychosocial variables include social support, kinesiophobia, negative affect, self-efficacy, injustice, chronic illness shame and the built environment. Clinical outcomes include quality of life, physical performance, global assessment, satisfaction and physical activity levels. Productivity and healthcare utilization will be assessed by a modified OA Cost and Consequences Questionnaire (OCC-Q) and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI). Variables will be collected at baseline, 4, 12 months and yearly thereafter. Regression, mediation and structural equation modelling will be used for analysis. DISCUSSION Results will allow contextualization, identification, and phenotyping of the critical (and potentially modifiable) psychosocial parameters that predict positive clinical outcomes in the OA population to guide optimization and refinement of healthcare and community. This will facilitate: 1. identification of high-risk knee OA subpopulations that will likely experience poor outcomes and 2. formulation of targeted multidisciplinary comprehensive approaches to address these psychosocial factors to optimize non-surgical treatment care, maximize functional outcomes and create more value-based care model for knee OA. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has been registered under clinicaltrials.gov registry (Identifier: NCT04942236).
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- Bryan Yijia Tan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodlands Health, Singapore, Singapore. .,Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. .,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodlands Health, National Healthcare Group, Singapore, Singapore.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodlands Health, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.466910.c0000 0004 0451 6215Health Services Outcome Research, National Healthcare Group, Singapore, Singapore
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- Psychology Service, Woodlands Health, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.240988.f0000 0001 0298 8161Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.415203.10000 0004 0451 6370Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.29980.3a0000 0004 1936 7830Centre for Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- grid.1032.00000 0004 0375 4078Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin School of Allied Health and Curtin enAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA Australia
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- grid.412703.30000 0004 0587 9093Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney and Rheumatology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- grid.10825.3e0000 0001 0728 0170Research Unit for Musculoskeletal Function and Physiotherapy, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark ,grid.512922.fThe Research Unit PROgrez, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Næstved-Slagelse-Ringsted Hospitals, Slagelse, Denmark
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- grid.163555.10000 0000 9486 5048Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Marques RLDS, Rezende ATDO, Junger AL, Noll M, de Oliveira C, Silveira EA. What is the relationship between physical activity and chronic pain in older adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e062566. [PMID: 36414314 PMCID: PMC9684997 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Chronic pain is highly prevalent in older adults and can cause functional limitations, negatively affecting health and quality of life. Physical activity is a non-pharmacological approach used to prevent chronic pain as it promotes the release of endogenous opioids that block pain sensitivity. Therefore, we developed a systematic review protocol to analyse the relationship between physical activity and the occurrence and intensity of chronic pain in older adults. METHODS AND ANALYSES The systematic review will search PubMed, Scopus and Embase databases. The inclusion criteria will be observational studies that had primary chronic pain as an outcome, including persistent and intermittent pain. The population will include older adults from the community, living in a long-stay institution, or in outpatient follow-up. There will be no restriction regarding the year of publication and articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish will be analysed. Effect or impact measures will be quantified, including OR, HR, prevalence ratio, incidence ratio and relative risk with their 95% CIs. If the data allow, a meta-analysis will be performed. The results may help understand the impact of physical activity as a potential protection factor against the occurrence of pain later in life as well as promote strategic prevention plans and public policies that encourage this practice in older adults. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required. The results will be disseminated via submission for publication to a peer-reviewed journal when complete. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42021282898.
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- Campus Ceres, Federal Institute Goiano, Goiania, Goiás, Brazil
- Sports Medicine Clinic, Orthopaedic Department, Hospital of Lillebaelt, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, GO, Brazil
- Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK
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Haybatollahi SM, James RJE, Fernandes G, Valdes A, Doherty M, Zhang W, Walsh DA, Ferguson E. Identifying multiple knee pain trajectories and the prediction of opioid and NSAID medication used: A latent class growth approach. Pain Pract 2022; 22:210-221. [PMID: 34634169 DOI: 10.1111/papr.13082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Knee pain is a major source of distress and disability, with pain progression highly variable between individuals. Previous studies defining pain trajectories have all used a single measure of pain, and these differ across studies. Different measures reflect diverse pain mechanisms. To ascertain the clinical utility of pain trajectories, we explored associations between opioid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use. METHODS We model pain trajectories using two measures-Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP) and the painDETECT, in 2141 participants, across 3 waves (the baseline, 1- and 3-year assessments) of the Knee Pain In the Community (KPIC) cohort. RESULTS Latent class growth analysis identified six trajectories using ICOAP subscales (High-Stable, Low-Stable, Moderate Worsening, Moderate Recovering, Worsening, and Recovering) and four trajectories using painDETECT (High-stable, Low-stable, Moderate Worsening, and Moderate Recovering). There was a high degree of correspondence between people assigned to pain trajectories between ICOAP intermittent and constant subscales, but less so using painDETECT. Opioid use was associated with ICOAP trajectories only (e.g., High-Stable and Worsening intermittent ICOAP trajectories) and in women. CONCLUSION Different measures of pain produce different patterns of pain progression and these are differentially related to medication use. Opioid use is linked to trajectories of pain based on the impact of pain on behavior and not pain symptoms. Thus, managing pain's behavioral impact is more central to understanding opioid use than managing pain symptoms. These findings support more in-depth questioning about the type of pain and its progression in clinical practice.
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- Sayyed M Haybatollahi
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Centre for Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, Nottingham, UK
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Centre for Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, Nottingham, UK
- Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Centre for Sports, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research Versus Arthritis, Nottingham, UK
- Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients. Sci Rep 2022; 12:943. [PMID: 35042904 PMCID: PMC8766461 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04781-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Previous research has established links between chronic pain and impaired cognitive ability, as well as between chronic pain and anxiety, in osteoarthritis. Furthermore, there is evidence linking risk of osteoarthritis to lower educational attainment. However, the inter-play of these factors with key social factors (e.g., social deprivation) at the early stages of osteoarthritis are not understood. Here, we used data from waves 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (n = 971) and selected a subsample of respondents who initially did not report a diagnosis of osteoarthritis until wave 6. We used path models to test how social deprivation, education and anxiety, before diagnosis (waves 4 and 5), affect the relationship between cognitive ability, pain and limitations in activities of daily living following diagnosis (waves 6 and 7). We show that high social deprivation before diagnosis predicts greater limitations in activities of daily living after diagnosis, with this effect partly mediated by impaired cognitive ability. We also find that higher educational attainment before diagnosis may protect against limitations in activities of daily living after diagnosis via better cognitive ability and lower anxiety. Therefore, improving cognitive ability and managing anxiety may mitigate the associations of social deprivation and low educational attainment with limitations in activities of daily living.
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Hwang MC, Lee M, Gensler LS, Brown MA, Tahanan A, Rahbar MH, Hunter T, Shan M, Ishimori ML, Reveille JD, Weisman MH, Learch TJ. Identifying Trajectories of Radiographic Spinal Disease in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A 15-year follow up study of the PSOAS Cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:2079-2087. [PMID: 34427579 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Little is known with certainty about the natural history of spinal disease progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). Our objective was to discover if there were distinct patterns of change in vertebral involvement over time and to study associated clinical factors. METHODS Data were analyzed from the Prospective Study of Outcomes in Ankylosing Spondylitis (PSOAS) observational cohort. All patients met modified New York Criteria for AS and had ≥2 sets of radiographs scored by modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) by two independent readers between 2002-2017. Group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) was used to classify patients into distinct groups of longitudinal mSASSS considering sociodemographic and clinical covariables. The optimal trajectory model and number of trajectories was selected using Nagin's Bayesian information criterion (BIC). RESULTS A total of 561 patients with 1618 radiographs was analyzed. The optimum number of trajectory groups identified was four (BIC -4062). These groups were subsequently categorized as: non-progressors (204 patients), late-progressors (147 patients), early-progressors (107 patients) and rapid-progressors (103 patients). Baseline predictors associated with higher spinal disease burden groups included: baseline mSASSS, male gender, longer disease duration, elevated C-reactive protein and smoking history. In addition, time-varying anti-TNF use per year was associated with decreased mSASSS progression only in the rapid-progressor group. CONCLUSIONS GBTM identified 4 distinct patterns of spinal disease progression in the PSOAS cohort. Male gender, longer disease duration, elevated C-reactive protein and smoking were associated with higher spinal disease groups. Independent confirmation in other AS cohorts is needed to confirm these radiographic patterns.
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- Mark C Hwang
- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Population & Data Sciences-Division of Biostatistics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland, Australia.,NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, John P. and Katherine G. McGovern School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Division of Rheumatology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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James R, Walsh D, Ferguson E. Using heterogeneity in disease to understand the relationship between health and personality. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2021; 27:1582-1595. [PMID: 33970710 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between two health outcomes (pain and self-reported health) and personality while accounting for heterogeneity in arthritic disease. Traditionally health research has treated patients' disease experiences as homogeneous but stratified medicine suggests that doing so might over-generalise findings and miss important effects. We present a longitudinal analysis over 14 years, on a subsample of 443 arthritic respondents from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Using linear regressions, we modelled how the Big Five domains of personality (wave 5) moderated the relationship between past (at wave 1) and present health (at wave 7). Then, to model heterogeneity in arthritis experience we included assignment to 4 different sub-groups based on their experience of pain progression. The results showed that modelling heterogeneity led to the identification of specific stratified effects for personality (neuroticism, agreeableness, and extraversion) not observed when these data are treated as homogenous. Higher agreeableness was associated with worse pain for those in a sub-group reporting the greatest pain, and higher extraversion was protective against pain among those whose pain improved. The results highlight the importance of modelling heterogeneity of disease.
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- Richard James
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Versus Arthritis Pain Centre, Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Versus Arthritis Pain Centre, Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to identify and describe long-term trajectories of bothersome pain and activity-limiting pain in a population-based sample of older adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 6783 community-dwelling participants using 6 years of longitudinal data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). NHATS is a cohort of older adults that is representative of Medicare Beneficiaries aged 65 years and older. NHATS data collection began in 2011, and demographic and health data are collected annually through in-person interviews. Participants were asked if they had bothersome pain and activity-limiting pain in the past month. We used group-based trajectory modeling to identify longitudinal patterns of bothersome pain and activity-limiting pain over 6 years. We used weighted, multinomial logistic regression to examine associations with each trajectory. RESULTS The cohort was 57% female, 68% white, and 58% were 75 years and older. Four trajectories were identified for the probability of bothersome pain: persistently high (n=1901, 35%), increasing (n=898, 17%), decreasing (n=917, 17%), and low (n=1735, 32%). Similar trajectories were identified for activity-limiting pain: persistently high (n=721, 13%), increasing (n=812, 15%), decreasing (n=677, 12%), and low (n=3241, 60%). The persistently high bothersome and activity-limiting pain groups had worse health characteristics, were more likely to have fallen in the past year, and had slower gait speed and worse physical capacity compared with the low groups. DISCUSSION Approximately one half of older adults had a high or increasing probability of long-term bothersome pain, and over one quarter had a high or increasing probability of long-term activity-limiting pain.
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James RJE, Ferguson E. The dynamic relationship between pain, depression and cognitive function in a sample of newly diagnosed arthritic adults: a cross-lagged panel model. Psychol Med 2020; 50:1663-1671. [PMID: 31387661 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719001673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pain and depression are common in the population and co-morbid with each other. Both are predictive of one another and are also associated with cognitive function; people who are in greater pain and more depressed respectively perform less well on tests of cognitive function. It has been argued that pain might cause deterioration in cognitive function, whereas better cognitive function earlier in life might be a protective factor against the emergence of disease. When looking at the dynamic relationship between these in chronic diseases, studying samples that already have advanced disease progression often confounds this relationship. METHODS Using data from waves 1 to 3 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) (n = 516), we examined the interplay between pain, cognitive function and depression in a subsample of respondents reporting a diagnosis of arthritis at wave 2 of the ELSA using cross-lagged panel models. RESULTS The models showed that pain, cognitive function and depression at wave 1, prior to diagnosis, predict pain at wave 2, and that pain at wave 1 predicts depression at wave 2. Pain and depression at wave 2 predict cognitive function at wave 3. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that better cognitive function might be protective against the emergence of pain prior to an arthritis diagnosis, but cognitive function is subsequently impaired by pain and depression. Furthermore, higher depression predicts lower cognitive function, but not vice versa. This is discussed in the context of the emerging importance of inflammation in depression.
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- Richard J E James
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2RD
- Arthritis UK Pain Centre, Academic Rheumatology, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK, NG7 2RD
- Arthritis UK Pain Centre, Academic Rheumatology, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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Millar B, McWilliams DF, Abhishek A, Akin-Akinyosoye K, Auer DP, Chapman V, Doherty M, Ferguson E, Gladman JRF, Greenhaff P, Stocks J, Valdes AM, Walsh DA. Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; a cohort study protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020; 21:182. [PMID: 32199451 PMCID: PMC7085148 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-020-03195-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background In an ageing population, pain, frailty and disability frequently coexist across a wide range of musculoskeletal diagnoses, but their associations remain incompletely understood. The Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing (IMH&W) study aims to measure and characterise the development and progression of pain, frailty and disability, and to identify discrete subgroups and their associations. The survey will form a longitudinal context for nested research, permitting targeted recruitment of participants for qualitative, observational and interventional studies; helping to understand recruitment bias in clinical studies; and providing a source cohort for cohort randomised controlled trials. Methods IMH&W will comprise a prospective cohort of 10,000 adults recruited through primary and secondary care, and through non-clinical settings. Data collection will be at baseline, and then through annual follow-ups for 4 years. Questionnaires will address demographic characteristics, pain severity (0–10 Numerical Rating Scale), pain distribution (reported on a body Manikin), pain quality (McGill Pain Questionnaire), central aspects of pain (CAP-Knee), frailty and disability (based on Fried criteria and the FRAIL questionnaire), and fracture risk. Baseline characteristics, progression and associations of frailty, pain and disability will be determined. Discrete subgroups and trajectories will be sought by latent class analysis. Recruitment bias will be explored by comparing participants in nested studies with the eligible IMH&W population. Discussion IMH&W will elucidate associations and progression of pain, frailty and disability. It will enable identification of people at risk of poor musculoskeletal health and wellbeing outcomes who might be suitable for specific interventions, and facilitate generalisation and comparison of research outcomes between target populations. The study will benefit from a large sample size and will recruit from diverse regions across the UK. Purposive recruitment will enrich the cohort with people with MSK problems with high representation of elderly and unwell people. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03696134. Date of Registration: 04 October 2018.
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- Bonnie Millar
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Rehabilitation, Ageing and Wellbeing, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK. .,Division of ROD, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. .,Pain Centre Versus Arthritis, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. .,Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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James RJE, Walsh DA, Ferguson E. Trajectories of pain predict disabilities affecting daily living in arthritis. Br J Health Psychol 2019; 24:485-496. [PMID: 30955252 PMCID: PMC6916370 DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Purpose To examine the interplay between pain and disability in arthritis when adjusting for patient heterogeneity in pain progression. There is consistent evidence to suggest that people experience osteoarthritis heterogeneously, with subgroups of people having different trajectories of pain. However, at present it is unclear how these pain trajectories are related to functional disability. We ask the question: Do levels of disability track changes in pain across different pain trajectories? Methods Secondary analysis of a subset (n = 889) from a cohort of older English adults, representative of the general population (the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing). The relationship between pain and functional disability was compared in three domains of disability: mobility, activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL. These represent increasingly complex forms of self‐care required for independent living. Data analysis compared the heterogeneous analysis of pain (different trajectories) and disability compared to treating pain as a simpler homogenous construct. Results On a population level, pain was significantly positively correlated with increased disability in all three domains, and the relationship remained stable over time. However, when heterogeneity was examined respondents whose pain improved did not show a corresponding improvement in disability in two domains (ADL and mobility). Conclusions These findings highlight how, for some people, alleviating pain, the main symptom of arthritis, might not prevent the persistence or progression of disability. Even when pain improves, further interventions that improve disability are likely to be required. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Pain and functional limitation in daily living are common symptoms of arthritis. Arthritis pain is heterogeneous – there are trajectories of people whose pain gets better or worse. However, to date no study has looked at the relationship between trajectories of arthritis pain and functional disability outside of the minority of people with rheumatoid arthritis.
What does this study add? Treating pain as heterogeneous explained disability better than treating pain as a single entity. Respondents in a trajectory of worsening pain reported functional disability in two domains (mobility and activities of daily living) also got worse over time. People in a trajectory of decreasing pain over time did not experience a reduction in disability, despite pain being the most common reason for why people limit their daily functioning. This suggests further intervention is required for people with arthritis, even when the most visible symptoms have been alleviated.
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- Richard J E James
- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK.,Arthritis UK Pain Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK.,NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
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- Arthritis UK Pain Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK.,NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, UK.,Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK.,Arthritis UK Pain Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
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McWilliams DF, Dawson O, Young A, Kiely PDW, Ferguson E, Walsh DA. Discrete Trajectories of Resolving and Persistent Pain in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Undergoing Treatment for Inflammation: Results From Three UK Cohorts. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2019; 20:716-727. [PMID: 30658176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an example of human chronic inflammatory pain. Modern treatments suppress inflammation, yet pain remains a major problem for many people with RA. We hypothesized that discrete RA subgroups might display favorable or unfavorable pain trajectories when receiving treatment, and that baseline characteristics will predict trajectory allocation. Growth mixture modelling was used to identify discrete trajectories of Short Form-36 bodily pain scores during 3 years in 3 RA cohorts (Early RA Network (n = 683), British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register Biologics (n = 7,090) and nonbiologics (n = 1,720) cohorts. Logistic regression compared baseline predictor variables between trajectories. The role of inflammation was examined in a subgroup analysis of people with normal levels of inflammatory markers after 3 years. The mean Short Form-36 bodily pain scores in each cohort improved but remained throughout 3 years of follow-up of >1 standard deviation worse than the UK general population average. Discrete persistent pain (59-79% of cohort participants) and resolving pain (19-27%) trajectories were identified in each cohort. In Early RA Network, a third trajectory displaying persistently low pain (23%) was also identified. In people with normal levels of inflammatory markers after 3 years, 65% were found to follow a persistent pain trajectory. When trajectories were compared, greater disability (adjusted odds ratio = 2.3-2.5 per unit baseline Health Assessment Questionnaire score) and smoking history (adjusted odds ratio = 1.6-1.8) were risk factors for persistent pain trajectories in each cohort. In conclusion, distinct trajectories indicate patient subgroups with very different pain prognosis during treatment for RA. Inflammation does not fully explain the pain trajectories, and noninflammatory factors as well as acute phase response predict which trajectory an individual will follow. Targeted treatments additional to those which suppress inflammation might reduce the long-term burden of arthritis pain. PERSPECTIVE: Immunosuppression decreases inflammation in RA, but pain outcomes are less favorable. Discrete persistent and resolving pain trajectories were identified after treatment, both in early and established RA. Smoking and greater disability at baseline predicted persistent pain. Identifying patient subgroups with a poor pain prognosis could enable adjunctive treatment to improve outcomes.
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- Daniel F McWilliams
- Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, and; Division of ROD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
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- Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, and; Division of ROD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Centre for Health Services & Clinical Research (CHSCR) & Postgraduate Medicine, University of Herts, Hatfield, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, and; School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, and; Division of ROD, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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