Open AccessPost-traumatic stress symptom clusters in acute whiplash associated disorder and their prediction of chronic pain-related disability
Author(s) -
Annick Maujean,
Matthew J. Gullo,
Tonny Elmose Andersen,
Sophie Lykkegaard Ravn,
Michele Sterling
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2471-2531
DOI - 10.1097/pr9.0000000000000631
Subject(s) - whiplash , traumatic stress , population , physical therapy , neck pain , medicine , clinical psychology , chronic pain , psychiatry , cluster (spacecraft) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , poison control , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , computer science , programming language
Two symptom clusters were generated comprising specific (intrusion/avoidance cluster) and nonspecific (hyperarousal/numbing cluster) post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. The nonspecific post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms cluster better predicted chronic pain-related disability.