Temperament traits and chronic pain: the association of harm avoidance and pain-related anxiety.

<h4>Objective</h4>Anxiety symptoms are common in chronic pain patients. High levels of anxiety are associated with increased pain experience and disability. Proneness to anxiety has a large interindividual variation. The aim of the study was to determine whether the anxiety-related tempe...

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Main Authors: Peter Knaster, Ann-Mari Estlander, Hasse Karlsson, Jaakko Kaprio, Eija Kalso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23133510/?tool=EBI