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Title: | Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and headache intensity in chronic tension-type headache | Contributor(s): | Cathcart, Stuart (author); Bhullar, Navjot (author) ; Immink, Maarten (author); Della Vedova, Chris (author); Hayball, John (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12322 | Open Access Link: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248808 | Abstract: | BACKGROUND: A central model for chronic tension-type headache (CTH) posits that stress contributes to headache, in part, by aggravating existing hyperalgesia in CTH sufferers. The prediction from this model that pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and headache activity has not yet been examined. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and prospective headache activity in CTH sufferers. METHOD: Self-reported stress, pain sensitivity and prospective headache activity were measured in 53 CTH sufferers recruited from the general population. Pain sensitivity was modelled as a mediator between stress and headache activity, and tested using a nonparametric bootstrap analysis. RESULTS: Pain sensitivity significantly mediated the relationship between stress and headache intensity. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study support the central model for CTH, which posits that stress contributes to headache, in part, by aggravating existing hyperalgesia in CTH sufferers. Implications for the mechanisms and treatment of CTH are discussed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Pain Research & Management, 17(6), p. 377-380 | Publisher: | Pulsus Group Inc | Place of Publication: | Canada | ISSN: | 1918-1523 1203-6765 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified 110799 Immunology not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420403 Psychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental health 520199 Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified 320499 Immunology not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified 920401 Behaviour and Health 920403 Disability and Functional Capacity |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200401 Behaviour and health 200403 Disability and functional capacity |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248808 |
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