After five years,
baseline pain intensity yielded a 9 percent increased risk for chronic pain, while believing that pain would persist had increased the risk by 6 percent.
The authors noted that their research confirms previous studies concluding that
baseline pain intensity is a key predictor of future pain and disability.
After six months, the results showed that
baseline pain intensity was associated with a 12 percent higher risk for developing chronic low back pain and patient beliefs that pain would persist conveyed a 4 percent risk increase.
Not exact matches
Subjects with higher CPM at
baseline, representing better functioning endogenous
pain - inhibitory systems, reported lower
pain intensity and neuropathic
pain symptoms at the study's end (p <.05).
The Brief
Pain Inventory scores were also lower 3 to 5 days after the S2 stimulation than at pre-treatment
baseline (p = 0.0127 for the
intensity of
pain and p = 0.0074 for the interference of
pain) or after the S1 / M1 (p = 0.001 and p = 0.0001) and sham (p = 0.0491 and p = 0.0359) stimulations.