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9414052

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
It is well recognised that patients with chronic pain, in particular, chronic whiplash-associated neck pain, exhibit psychological distress. However, debate continues as to whether the psychological distress precedes and causes the chronic pain or, conversely, the psychological distress is a consequence of chronic pain. Using cervical zygapophysial joint pain as a model for chronic pain, the effect of a definitive neurosurgical treatment on the associated psychological distress was studied. Seventeen patients with a single painful cervical zygapophysial joint participated in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of percutaneous radiofrequency neurotomy. Their pain and psychological status were evaluated pre-operatively and 3 months post-operatively by medical interview and examination, a visual analogue pain scale, the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the SCL-90-R psychological questionnaire. All patients who obtained complete pain relief exhibited resolution of their pre-operative psychological distress. In contrast, all but one of the patients whose pain remained unrelieved continued to suffer psychological distress. Because psychological distress resolved following a neurosurgical treatment which completely relieved pain, without psychological co-therapy, it is concluded that the psychological distress exhibited by these patients was a consequence of the chronic somatic pain.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-3959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Resolution of psychological distress of whiplash patients following treatment by radiofrequency neurotomy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
pubmed:affiliation
Cervical Spine Research Unit, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Regional Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study