Sentences with phrase «higher pain severity»

Results from a one - way MANOVA revealed that patients with a premorbid and current psychiat - ric disorder reported significantly higher pain severity, more somatic symptoms, poorer sleep quality, and poorer quality of life than those with no psychiatric history.

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Thus, the more evidence you can present regarding the severity and impact of your injuries — in other words, the better you prove that you did, do, and will experience pain and suffering — the higher the multiplier the adjuster is likely to use.

Our finding that the severity of depressive symptoms in our sample of patients with chronic pain was best correlated with a combination of heightened catastrophising, reduced sense of control over life, increased physical disability, lower pain self - efficacy beliefs, higher use of unhelpful self - management strategies, and lower perceived social support (after controlling for the possible effects of age, sex and duration of pain) is consistent with previous studies of patients with chronic pain.26 Interestingly, and somewhat contrary to clinical expectations, pain severity, pain - related distress, and fear of movement / (re) injury were not significantly associated with depressive symptom severity.

Pain severity: the three - item pain intensity subscale of the West Haven — Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI).17 The MPI has been widely used in research and clinical practice, and has been shown to have good reliability and validity.18 Scores range from zero to 6, with higher scores reflecting more severe pain over the past week.