%0 Journal Article
%T Psycophisical predictors of outcome in pelvic chronic pain therapy
%A P. Poli
%A M. Paroli
%A A. Ciaramella
%J Pathos : Trimestrale di Algologia
%D 2012
%I Publiediting
%X 32 patients with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) were compared with 24 patients with low back pain (LB) for the entire course of treatment which lasted 1 year, with follow up at 1,6 and 12 months.At baseline, the group of subjects with CPP presented more hypochondriacal traits, major depression and affective inhibition if compared with LB group, but such psychological variables havenot been able to predict the outcome to treatment. No significant difference has been found between LB and CPP subjects regarding the pain threshold of and/or the pain tolerance, when pain was induced by cold stimulation to the hand.High pain tolerance together with the high expectation of analgesia and the conviction of disease appear to be the most important predictors of treatment outcome.
%K Psychophysics
%K chronic pelvic pain
%K outcome
%U http://www.pathos-journal.com/doc/Predittori_psicofisici.pdf