Načini in mere spoprijemanja s kronično bolečino
Chronic pain coping strategies and assessment tools

slovenian

2013

volume 12, issue 3

Chronic Pain   coping   coping measures   CPCI questionnaire   SOPA questionnaire   spoprijemanje

Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut RS – Soča
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Coping is the process of cognitive, emotional and behavioural efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as exceeding the resources of the person and restore balance. Chronic pain is one of such events, which lasts for months or years and evokes spontaneous responses that are often maladaptive. Its treatment is therefore very demanding. An important part of the cognitive behavioural therapy techniques is determining beliefs related to pain and assessment of coping responses. Two measures of those beliefs are presented: the Chronic Pain Coping Inventory (CPCI) and the Surveyof Pain Attitudes (SOPA). These two questionnaires and other similar measures also help to determine the baseline starting point, observe behaviour, record eventual progress and provide research data. Psychological treatment can not eliminate the chronic pain as neither medical interventions could, but there is evidence that it can reduce it and improve functioning and mood - afterall, pain is not only physiological but above all a psychological state.

07.05.2014