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A longitudinal assessment of posttraumatic stress symptoms and pain catastrophizing after injury.
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Pacella-LaBarbara ML, Plaitano EG, Suffoletto BP, Kuhn E, Germain A, Jaramillo S, Repine M, Callaway CWAbstract
Identifying individuals with high levels of pain catastrophizing (PC) may inform early psychological interventions to prevent the transition from acute to chronic post-injury pain. We examined whether pre-and post-injury posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) predict post-injury PC among emergency department (ED) patients following acute motor vehicle crash (MVC).