Temperament Traits and Chronic Pain: The Association of Harm Avoidance and Pain-Related Anxiety

摘要

ObjectiveAnxiety 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 temperament trait Harm Avoidance (HA), is associated with pain-related anxiety.