PhD Scientific Days 2022

Mental Health Sciences III.

The Predictors of Pain Vigilance and Awareness in Patients with Intermittent Claudication

Előadó neve

Dr. Tóth-Vajna, Gergely

Előadó munkahelye

Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University

Előadó telefonszáma

06309021050

Előadó e-mail címe

tothgeri@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

The Predictors of Pain Vigilance and Awareness in Patients with Intermittent Claudication

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Gergely Tóth-Vajna 1, Zsombor Tóth-Vajna 2, Barna Konkolÿ Thege 3, Piroska Balog 4
1,4 Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
2 Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
3 Waypoint Research Institute, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences III.

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Preferred session

Mental Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction/Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of pain vigilance and awareness in patients with intermittent claudication and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD).
Method: The sample comprised of 300 individuals (Mage=65.3±8.7 years, 61.0% female) recruited from the offices of 33 general practitioners. Based on the Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire, which is a validated method for screening intermittent claudication, two subsamples were formed: Claudicant and Non-claudicant group. To determine the predictors of pain vigilance and awareness (assessed by a Pain Vigilance and Awareness Questionnaire) covariance analysis was used. Variables included sex, age, traditional risk factors, hazardous drinking, body mass index and psychological variables, such as anxiety (assessed by the Short Health Anxiety Questionnaire), depression (assessed by a shortened version of the BDI) and stressful life events (measured by the BSCI).
Results: Anxiety was the strongest variable in both groups to predict pain vigilance and awareness. In the Claudicant group stressful life events and BMI were the most consistent in predicting pain vigilance and awareness, smoking and hazardous drinking in the Non-claudicant group.
Conclusions: Different factors determine pain vigilance and awareness in patients with intermittent claudication. Managing traditional and psychological risk factors is a possible target in improving the cardiovascular risk of the affected individuals.

University and Doctoral School

Semmelweis University, Doctoral School of Mental Health Sciences

Supervisor

Dr Piroska Balog

Publication of my abstract

I do not give consent to the publication of my abstract on the website of the congress.

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

2279

Start

16:15

End

16:30

Authors (legacy)

Gergely Tóth-Vajna 1, Zsombor Tóth-Vajna 2, Barna Konkolÿ Thege 3, Piroska Balog 4
1,4 Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
2 Heart and Vascular Center, Department of Vascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
3 Waypoint Research Institute, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada