Pain-Related Injustice Appraisals in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease: A Preliminary Investigation

Author:

Miller Megan M1,Rumble Deanna D2,Hirsh Adam T1,Vervoort Tine3,Crosby Lori E4,Madan-Swain Avi5,Lebensburger Jeffrey5,Hood Anna M6ORCID,Trost Zina7

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis,Indiana, USA

2. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

3. Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

4. Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

5. Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

6. Developmental Neurosciences, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK

7. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Abstract

Abstract Objectives Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that affects approximately 100,000 Americans, the majority of whom are African American. SCD-related pain often has deleterious effects on functioning and quality of life. The inherited nature of SCD, SCD-related stigma, and serious physical and functional impact of SCD-related pain create a situation ripe for individuals to appraise their SCD-related pain as unfair or unjust. The aim of this preliminary investigation is to explore the extent to which pediatric patients with SCD appraise their pain as unjust and how these appraisals relate to functioning. Methods Participants were youth with SCD (N = 30, mean age = 11.3, 57% boys) who attended a hematology clinic visit. Patients were invited to complete paper-based questionnaires assessing pain-related injustice appraisals, pain catastrophizing, pain and hurt, functional disability, depression, anxiety, and peer relationships. Results Results of hierarchical regressions indicate that pain-related injustice significantly predicted functional disability, depression, and anxiety after controlling for patient pain and catastrophizing. Conclusions These findings suggest that pain-related injustice appraisals are an important contributor to the pain experience of youth with SCD. Early identification and remediation of pain-related injustice appraisals could have long-term functional benefits for youth with SCD.

Funder

NIH

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Neurology (clinical),General Medicine

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