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. 2016 Dec;23(4):410-419.
doi: 10.1007/s10880-016-9473-8.

Temperament, Beliefs About Pain Control, and Pain Intensity in Endometriosis Patients

Joanna Bylinka  1 , Włodzimierz Oniszczenko  2
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Temperament, Beliefs About Pain Control, and Pain Intensity in Endometriosis Patients

Joanna Bylinka et al. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

This correlational study investigated the relationships between temperament, beliefs about pain control, and pain intensity ratings in a group of 103 women diagnosed with endometriosis. Temperament traits were assessed using the Formal Characteristics of Behaviour-Temperament Inventory. Beliefs about pain control were measured using the Polish version of the Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire. The Numerical Rating Scale (NRS-11) was used to measure pain intensity. There was a high negative correlation between the temperament trait of endurance and pain intensity ratings. Moderate negative correlations with pain intensity were found for internal beliefs about pain control. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that the endurance trait and internal beliefs about pain control accounted for 33 % of the variance in pain intensity ratings in women with endometriosis.

Keywords: Endometriosis; Pain control; Pain intensity; Temperament.

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Conflict of interest statement

Joanna Bylinka and Włodzimierz Oniszczenko declare that they have no conflict of interest. Human and Animal Rights and Informed Consent All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland, and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients before they were included in the study.

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