Article

Pain is commonly experienced in those with cerebral palsy (CP), and
previous research suggests an increase in behavioural and emotional problems in
children experiencing pain and pain anxiety. Therefore, it was hypothesised that
pain intensity and pain anxiety would predict behavioural and emotional problems
in children with CP.
METHOD: Parents or guardians of 61 children (38 boys, 23
girls) with CP, aged 5-15 years completed an online questionnaire on pain
intensity, pain anxiety and behavioural and emotional problems. Correlation and a
multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine whether pain
intensity and/or pain anxiety predicts behavioural and emotional problems.
RESULTS: A total of 59% of participants reported that their children with CP
currently experiences pain. Multiple regression analyses revealed that pain
intensity (p = 0.038) and pain anxiety (p < 0.001) both made a significant and
independent contributions in predicting anxiety in children, however, pain
anxiety was the only predictor that made a significant and independent
contribution to the depression (p = 0.001) and the behavioural and emotional problems measure (p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS:
Whilst pain intensity appears to be
associated with behavioural and emotional problems in children, pain anxiety may
be more strongly associated still.

Langue : ANGLAIS