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Differential effects of everyday-life social support on chronic pain

2024; BioMed Central; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12883-024-03792-z

ISSN

1471-2377

Autores

Martin Weiß, Annalena Jachnik, Emilia Caya Lampe, Marthe Gründahl, Michael Alexander Harnik, Claudia Sommer, Heike L. Rittner, Grit Hein,

Tópico(s)

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Resumo

Social support is a multidimensional construct encompassing emotional support as well as pain-focused care and attention, also known as solicitous support. One the one hand, social support is widely believed to positively influence pain symptoms, their intensity, and the ability to cope and influence pain. On the other hand, social support can be negative if it conflicts with the patient's needs or even causes discomfort. How different types of social support influence pain is not very well understood especially because most of the present research originates from laboratory studies, raising uncertainties about its generalizability to the everyday life of individuals with chronic pain.

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