Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis

Author:

Pierce Jennifer1ORCID,Harte Steven E.1,Afari Niloofar2,Bradley Catherine S.3,Griffith James W.4,Kim Jayoung5,Lutgendorf Susan6,Naliboff Bruce D.7,Rodriguez Larissa V.8,Taple Bayley J.9,Williams David1,Harris Richard E.1,Schrepf Andrew1,

Affiliation:

1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

2. VA Center for Excellence for Stress & Mental Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

3. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urology, Carver College of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

4. Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

5. Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

6. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Department of Urology, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

7. Department of Medicine, Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience and Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California—Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

8. Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Beverly Hills, CA, United States

9. Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

Abstract

Abstract Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) is a complex, debilitating condition in which patients often report nonpelvic pain in addition to localized pelvic pain. Understanding differential predictors of pelvic pain only vs widespread pain may provide novel pathways for intervention. This study leveraged baseline data from the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) Research Network's Symptom Pattern Study to investigate the impact of childhood sexual and nonsexual violent trauma on pelvic and nonpelvic pain sensitivity among adult patients with UCPPS, as well as potential mediators of this association. Study participants who met inclusion criteria for UCPPS completed questionnaires assessing childhood and recent trauma, affective distress, cognitive dysfunction, and generalized sensory sensitivity. Experimental pain sensitivity was also evaluated using standardized pressure pain applied to the pubic region and the arm. Bivariate analyses showed that childhood violent trauma was associated with more nonviolent childhood trauma, more recent trauma, poorer adult functioning, and greater pain sensitivity at the pubic region, but not pain sensitivity at the arm. Path analysis suggested that childhood violent trauma was indirectly associated with pain sensitivity at both sites and that this indirect association was primarily mediated by generalized sensory sensitivity. More experiences of recent trauma also contributed to these indirect effects. The findings suggest that, among participants with UCPPS, childhood violent trauma may be associated with heightened pain sensitivity to the extent that trauma history is associated with a subsequent increase in generalized sensory sensitivity.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Neurology (clinical),Neurology

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