Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history
Abstract. Introduction:. Adolescence is a period of profound cognitive and affective development, making it a critical period for studying pain memory and its role in chronic pain. Objective:. As this issue is underexplored in adolescents, we aimed to quantify the long-term back pain recall and asse...
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| description | Abstract. Introduction:. Adolescence is a period of profound cognitive and affective development, making it a critical period for studying pain memory and its role in chronic pain.
Objective:. As this issue is underexplored in adolescents, we aimed to quantify the long-term back pain recall and assess its association with other pain-related factors and experiences.
Methods:. We analyzed data of 1,089 participants from the Generation XXI birth cohort (Portugal), comparing back pain reported at age 13 (Lübeck Pain-Screening Questionnaire) to recalled back pain at 18 (explicit pain memory), investigating instances of forgetting/under-recalling, over-recalling, concordantly recalling presence/absence of back pain. We combined concordant recalls into a single category and under-recalling and over-recalling of any back pain as instances of discordant recall. Parameters such as current pain, family members with recurrent pain, health-related quality of life, environmental sensitivity, and self-perceived pain sensitivity were analyzed.
Results:. At age 18, a small percentage of participants recalled experiencing back pain at age 13, while 12% under-recalled it. Concordant recall was significantly higher in boys (OR: 1.62; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–2.19) and individuals with higher environmental sensitivity (OR: 1.74; CI: 1.07–2.85). Those experiencing current pain were less likely to under-recall compared with those without current pain (OR: 0.21; CI: 0.05–0.91). A good health-related quality of life increased the likelihood of under-recall (OR: 2.91; CI: 1.11–7.67) but did not significantly affect over-recall.
Conclusion:. Our results suggest that pain history and sensitivity significantly influence recall, which could contribute to pain experiences later in life. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d51d55f82b744f4f89fbe3a787dfab9c2025-08-20T03:12:22ZengWolters KluwerPAIN Reports2471-25312025-06-01103e127210.1097/PR9.0000000000001272PR90000000000001272Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain historyNare Navasardyan0Ana Henriques1Sónia Bernardes2Elsa Mateus3Makram Talih4Raquel Lucas5a EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugala EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugald Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Iscte - Lisbon University Institute/Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS)e Liga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças Reumáticas, Lisboa, Portugala EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugala EPIUnit, Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalAbstract. Introduction:. Adolescence is a period of profound cognitive and affective development, making it a critical period for studying pain memory and its role in chronic pain. Objective:. As this issue is underexplored in adolescents, we aimed to quantify the long-term back pain recall and assess its association with other pain-related factors and experiences. Methods:. We analyzed data of 1,089 participants from the Generation XXI birth cohort (Portugal), comparing back pain reported at age 13 (Lübeck Pain-Screening Questionnaire) to recalled back pain at 18 (explicit pain memory), investigating instances of forgetting/under-recalling, over-recalling, concordantly recalling presence/absence of back pain. We combined concordant recalls into a single category and under-recalling and over-recalling of any back pain as instances of discordant recall. Parameters such as current pain, family members with recurrent pain, health-related quality of life, environmental sensitivity, and self-perceived pain sensitivity were analyzed. Results:. At age 18, a small percentage of participants recalled experiencing back pain at age 13, while 12% under-recalled it. Concordant recall was significantly higher in boys (OR: 1.62; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–2.19) and individuals with higher environmental sensitivity (OR: 1.74; CI: 1.07–2.85). Those experiencing current pain were less likely to under-recall compared with those without current pain (OR: 0.21; CI: 0.05–0.91). A good health-related quality of life increased the likelihood of under-recall (OR: 2.91; CI: 1.11–7.67) but did not significantly affect over-recall. Conclusion:. Our results suggest that pain history and sensitivity significantly influence recall, which could contribute to pain experiences later in life.http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001272 |
| spellingShingle | Nare Navasardyan Ana Henriques Sónia Bernardes Elsa Mateus Makram Talih Raquel Lucas Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history PAIN Reports |
| title | Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| title_full | Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| title_fullStr | Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| title_short | Long-term back pain recall in Generation XXI adolescents: the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| title_sort | long term back pain recall in generation xxi adolescents the role of sensitivity and pain history |
| url | http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001272 |
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