Table 1. Characteristics of included studies.
Author(s) Study N (completed the
study)
Mean study participant
age
Percentage of females
Ethnicity Mean
educational level
Mean pain duration of study participants
Chronic pain condition
Pain catastrophizing
measure
Outcome measure:
disability
Outcome measure:
pain intensity
Duration follow-up
Design Statistical results
Affleck et al.
1992 (82)
55 (54)
53 (SD 12.5)
76% - 13 years
(SD 2.3)
9 years (SD 7.6)
RA CSQ AIMS VAS and
RADAR
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= -0.05 p<0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.30 p<0.05 Akbari et al.
2016 (93)
142 45.9
(SD 11.9)
67,6% - University
degree (35.3%) 11 years of
education (45.8%) high school diploma
(19%)
46.33 months (SD 65.69)
Mixed PCS RMDQ VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.24 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.44 Alschuler et
al. a 2011 (106)
20 46.1
(SD 9.35)
45% White
(90%) African- American
(5%) American- Indian (5%)
13.7 (SD 2.60)
40.75 months (SD 51.71)
LBP PCS Ambulatory
monitoring and RMDQ
NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.39 Catastrophizing-disability:
RMDQ r= 0.76 p<0.01;
ambulatory monitoring r=-0.02 Alschuler et
al. b 2013 (137)
797 65.31
(SD 8.95)
59% White
(76.7%) Black/Afric
an American
(21.0%) Asian
- 9
years
KP CSQ WOMAC
function
NRS (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at twelve months
L Catastrophizing at baseline- pain intensity at twelve months:
better M(SD) = 0.73(1.26) p<0.05; same M(SD) = 1.08(1.47) p<0.05; worse M(SD) = 0.71(1.21) p<0.05
(0.4%) Others (2.0%)
Catastrophizing at baseline- disability at twelve months:
better M(SD) = 0.74(1.20) p<0.05; same M(SD) = 1.15(1.50) p<0.05; worse M(SD) = 0.72(1.27) p<0.05 Arteta et al.
2016 (104)
215 46.2 38,6% Whites
(48.4%) Hispanic/
Latino (38.6%) African Americans
(13%)
- More than 3
months
Mixed CSQ - Likert scale
0-10
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.31 p<0.001
Boersma and Linton 2005
(115)
204 (184)
<1 year:
45.1 (SD 9.5); 1-3 years: 42.8 (SD 9.0); >
3 years:
45.6 (SD 9.2)
69-72% - - 6 months-9
years
Mixed CSQ Orebro
Screening Questionnai
re for pain
NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
< one year of chronicity r=
0.317; one-three years of chronicity r= 0.573 p<0.01;
> three years of chronicity r=
0.119
Catastrophizing-disability:
< one year of chronicity r=
-0.260; one-three years of chronicity r= -0.509 p<0.01; >
three years of chronicity r=- 0.360 p<0.01 Briggs et al.
2010 (121)
117 (56 with chronic
LBP)
Low disability:
37.4 (SD 15.2); high
disability:
43.2 (SD 12.4)
60,7% - Some secondary
school (7.1%
high disability) Complete secondary school (10.7%
low disability) and (14.3%
high disability) Trade certificate
or diploma (21.4% low
More than 3 months
LBP CSQ ODI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
R2= 0.15 p=0.003
disability) and (35.7% high
disability) University degree (21.4%
low disability) and (17.9%
high disability) No response (46.4% low disability) and
(25.0% high disability) Carlesso et al.
2016 (117)
462 76 77% - High school or
less (58.7%)
More than 3 months
Mixed PCS WOMAC WOMAC - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r=0.641 p≤0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
r=0.641 p≤0.01 Cassidy et al.
2012 (122)
116 52
(SD 12)
56,03% White
(99%) Asian Indian (1%)
- 0-30
years
LBP PCS RMDQ - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.64 p<0.01
Chatkoff et al. 2015 (118)
69 - 70% White
(98.5%)
Educated 13.12 (SD2.24)
106.86 months (SD 106.12)
Mixed PCS - NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.43 p<0.005 Cheng and
Leung 2000 (119)
56 36.98
(SD 12.22)
62,5% Asian
Chinese (100%)
At least primary level education
More than 6 months
LBP PCS LBPRS LBPRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.501 p<0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
B= 0.237 Combs and
Thorn 2015 (61)
102 50.5 60,8% White
(58.8%) Black (31.4%)
Others (9.8%)
Less than High School (13.7%) High School or GED (10.8%)
Some College/Technic
143.58 months (SD 165.12)
LBP PCS - Scale not
reported
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.51 p<0.01
al School (28.4%) College
Graduate (11.8%) Greater
than College Degree (35.3%) Das et al.
2013 (123)
319 (100 with CMP)
56 (SD 15)
57% White
(89%) Others (11%)
Highest education
More than 3 months
Mixed PCS DASH - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
de quervain syndrome r= 0.50 p<0.01; lateral epicondylosis r=
0.32 p= 0.04; Dupuytren contracture r= 0.04 Demmelmaier
et al. 2010 (138)
1,024 (537 with chronic
LBP) (302)
31.6 58,2% Non-
Swedish origin 8.6%
9-year compulsory school (11.0%)
11–12 upper secondary school (52.4%)
University studies (36.5%)
More than 12 months
LBP CSQ GCPS GCPS (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at twelve months
L Catastrophizing at baseline- pain intensity at twelve months:
standardized β [95%CI] = -0.044[-0.43 to -0.22]
Catastrophizing at baseline- disability at twelve months:
standardized β [95%CI] = -0.14[-0.77 to -0.01] p<0.05 Dimitriadis et
al. 2015 (107)
45 35.9
(SD 14.5)
71,11% - - More than 6
months
NP PCS NDI VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.19 p=0.34 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.48 p=0.005 Domenech et
al. 2013 (62)
97 32.0
(SD 10.0)
83% - - 6-22
months
KP PCS Lysholm
knee scale
VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.43 p<0.001 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= -0.53 p<0.001 Edwards et al.
2010 (124)
185 61.5
(SD 8.5)
60,5% White
(86.5%) Others (13.5%)
High school degree GED, or less (25%) some
college education but
14.0 years (SD 10.4)
RA PCS SF-36
(function subscale)
- - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= -0.35 p<0.01
never completed a degree (27%) associate’s or bachelor’s degree (28%) graduate degree
(20%
Ferreira- Valente et al.
a 2011 (63)
117 55.78
(SD 15.03)
70,9% - None (2.6%)
Primary education
(57.0%) Incomplete high
school (19.4%) High school (9.7%) College
(11.4%)
6 months- more than 10
years
Mixed CSQ - VAS and
NRS
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.19 p<0.05
Ferreira- Valente et al.
b 2014 (64)
324 60.97
(SD 15.40)
66% - None (2%) First
to fourth grade (46%) Fifth to 12th grade (high
school) (41%) College (11%)
3 months- more than 10
years
Mixed CSQ SF-12
(PCS)
NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.18 p<0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= -0.37 p<0.001 Finan et al.
2011 (108)
46 (45)
53 (SD 7.82)
100% Caucasian (93%) African- American
(5%) Hispanic
(2%)
Some college (67.5%) with
holding postgraduate degrees (25%)
- WSP CSQ - NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.58
Franklin et al.
2015 (65)
60 56.56
(SD 16)
78,3% - - 11 years
(SD 12)
Mixed PCS RMDQ NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.295 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.635 p<0.01 Gay et al.
2014 (66)
67 31.4 70% - - 203.91 weeks LBP PCS - PCOQ - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
(SD 12.1) (SD 377.78) r= 0.44 p<0.01 George et al.
2011 (67)
80 46.6
(SD 11.5)
57,5% - - 193 weeks
(SD 354.4)
LBP PCS ODI NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.27 p=0.02 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.2 p= 0.05 Gerhart et al.
2016 (68)
121 (105)
46.30 (SD 12.1)
48,6% Caucasian (80.0%) African American
(15.2%) Hispanic (4.8%)
- 9.04 years
(SD 7.8)
LBP Three items
from CSQ
- Likert scale 0-9
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.78 p<0.01
Gracely et al.
2004 (69)
29 18-60 65,51% - - - WSP CSQ - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
Today r= 0.28; past month r=
0.37 p<0.05; bad days r=0.50 p<0.01; good days r=0.16 Grotle et al.
2010 (143)
668 46
(SD 9)
59% - Education<16
years (45%) education>16
years (55%)
3 months-3 years or more
LBP CSQ RMDQ - (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at twelve months
L Catastrophizing at baseline- disability at twelve months:
standardized B= 0.11 p=0.001
Hammer et al.
2018 (139)
209 (152)
53.3 (SD 13.2)
81% - 9 years (9.3%)
12 years (34.6%) 16 years (26.3%)
more than 16 years (27.8%)
10.0 years (SD 8.8)
RA Two items from CSQ
MHAQ VAS (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at one month;
(T2) at two months;
(T3) at three months;
(T4) at six months;
L Catastrophizing at baseline- pain intensity at one month:
R2= 20.6 p<0.001; at two months: R2= 21.2 p<0.001; at
three months: R2= 15.9 p<0.001; at six months: R2=
20.2 p<0.001; at twelve months: R2= 17.3 p<0.001 Catastrophizing at baseline- disability at one month: R2= 16.4 p<0.001; at two months:
R2= 2.6 p<0.05; at three months: R2= 15.2 p<0.001; at
(T5) at twelve months
six months: R2= 19.3 p<0.001;
at twelve months: R2= 22.9 p<0.001 Hirase et al.
2017 (70)
263 (143 with chronic
pain)
79.1 (SD 5.9)
85,9% - - - Mixed PCS - NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
rumination subscale OR[95%CI] = 1.04[0.96 to 1.13] p=0.369; helplessness subscale OR[95%CI] = 1.20[1.09 to 1.32] p<0.001 Holtzman and
DeLongis 2007 (72)
69 59
(SD 10.9)
84% Caucasian
(86%) Others (14%)
At least a high school education
(86%)
17 years (SD 12.7)
RA Three items
from PCS
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
AM pain catastrophizing-PM pain intensity: B= 0.23 SE=
0.11 p<0.05; PM pain catastrophizing-AM pain intensity: B= 0.04 SE= 0.02
p<0.05 Van den Hout
et al. 2001 (73)
122 40
(SD 9.02)
27,86% - - 447 weeks
(SD 432)
LBP PCS QBPDS MPQ - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.41 p<0.001 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.30 p<0.01 Van der Hulst
et al. 2010 (74)
63 41
(SD 11)
48% - Lower
education (40%) Intermediate
education (46%) Higher education/acade
mic degree (14%)
17 months
LBP CSQ RMDQ VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.14 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.48 p<0.01
Ikemoto et al.
2017 (75)
77 72 100% - - More than 3
months
KOA PCS TUG VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.574 p<0.001 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.404 p<0.001
Jensen et al.
2010 (109)
83 43.8
(SD 8.1)
100% - - 136 months
(SD 94)
WSP CSQ - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
Statistical data not reported Karsdop and
Vlaeyen 2009 (110)
409 47.58
(SD 10.18)
94,86% - No divided by
level of education
160 months (SD 116.79)
WSP PCS PDI and
FIPQ-PH
VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.35 Catastrophizing-disability:
PDI B= 0.07 p<0.001 r= 0.35 Keefe et al. a
1989 (140)
223 52.7
(SD 13.55)
75% - - 3.5
years
RA CSQ AIMS VAS (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at six months
L Catastrophizing at baseline- pain intensity at six months:
r=0.44 p<0.01 Catastrophizing at baseline-
disability at six months:
R2adjusted= 0.776 p<0.001;
r=0.52 p<0.01 Keefe et al. b
2004 (76)
100 63.19
(SD 8.26)
64% Caucasians (83%) African- Americans
(16%) Native American
(1%)
College graduates
(50.5%)
9.98 years (SD 8.96)
KOA CSQ - RADAR - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.54 p<0.01
Kwissa- Gajewska et al. 2014 (111)
54 52.07
(SD 9.91)
100% - High school or
university graduates (66%)
11.43 years (SD 8.41)
RA CSQ - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.21 Lecorney et
al. 2017 (125)
100 64.8 (SD
1.2)
57% - - 9.5 years (SD
1)
KOA PCS Lequesne
Index
- - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.47 p<0.0001 Leysen et al.
2017 (120)
84 47 (SD 15) 61% - - 94 months
(SD 111)
LBP PCS ODI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
B= 0.239 Lopez-de-
Uralde- Villanueva et
147 (50 with chronic non- specific NP
44.76 (SD 14.66)
74% - - 3 months-
more than 36
NP PCS NDI VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.236
al. 2016 (112) without neuropathic characteristics)
months Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.425 p<0.01 Lumley et al.
2002 (126)
80 48.67
(SD 11.82)
75% European
American (99%) Hispanic
(1%)
- 11.38 years
(SD 7.61)
Mixed CSQ WHYMPI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.44 p<0.001
Marshall et al. 2017 (77)
218 36.2
(SD 6.6)
59,6% - - 10.9 years
(SD 7.4)
LBP PCS ODI VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
Today r= 0.580 p<0.01; last week r= 0.474 p<0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.570 p<0.01 Martel et al.
2013 (127)
55 49.5
(SD 10.5)
63,63% Caucasians (66%) African Americans
(29%) Hispanics
(5%)
- 12.6 years
(SD 10.6)
LBP PCS - BPI - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.50 p<0.01
Martin et al.
1996 (128)
80 46.20
(SD 1.10)
93,75% - 12.80 years
(SD 0.30)
86 months (SD 9.10)
WSP CSQ SIP - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
R2= 0.58 p<0.0001 Martinez et
al. a 2011 (78)
74 46.54
(SD 8.13)
94,59% - Elementary or
secondary education (57.8%)
4.11 years (SD 3.07)
WSP PCS IFI VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 1.14 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.22 p<0.05 Martinez et
al. b 2015 (129)
97 47.64
(SD 8.03)
100% - Elementary or
secondary education (65.3%)
5.98 years (SD 5.52)
WSP PCS IFI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.22 p≤0.05
McParland and Knussen
2016 (79)
95 66.23
(SD 11.44)
97,6% - - 16.21 years
(SD 14.66)
Mixed CSQ RMDQ CPGS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.48 p<0.001 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.61 p<0.001 Meeus et al.
2012 (141)
103 (39)
40.50 (SD 9.43)
85,4% - - 99.05 months
(SD 79.76)
WSP PCS CFS-APQ VAS (T0) at
baseline;
(T1) at six- twelve months
L Pain catastrophizing at baseline-pain intensity at six to
twelve months: R2= 0.155 p=0.68; PCS helplessness
p=0.310 Pain catastrophizing at baseline-disability at six to
twelve months: data not included in the model.
Meyer et al.
2009 (113)
78 50
(SD 17)
66,66% - - 53.5 months
(SD 63.9)
LBP PCS RMDQ GRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= -0.013 p= 0.918 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.058 p= 0.593 Mohammadi
et al. 2016 (80)
154 45.66
(SD 13.18)
77,9% - - - Mixed PCS - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.37 p<0.01 Muñoz-
Garcia et al. a 2016 (130)
44 (22 with NP) 25.55 (SD 4.23)
61,9% - - 144.27 weeks
(SD 155.96)
NP PCS NDI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.54 p<0.01 Muñoz-
Garcia et al. b 2016 (131)
86 (27 with NP) 27.52 (SD 4.82)
62,96% - - 2.84 years
(SD 3.03)
NP PCS NDI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.494 p<0.01 Nijs et al.
2008 (81)
36 39
(SD 8)
100% - - 6-360
months
WSP PCS CFS-APQ
and SF-36 (physical functioning
subscale)
SF-36 (bodily
pain subscale)
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= -0.49 p=0.003 Catastrophizing-disability:
CFS-APQ total r= 0.59 p=
0.012; SF-36 physical functioning r= -0.51 p= 0.024 Ong et al.
2010 (83)
95 76.3
(SD 8.8)
75,78% Caucasian (95%) African American
(3%) Hispanic
(2%)
- 98.44 months
(SD 103.12)
Mixed Seven items from PCS
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.34 p<0.01
Pakzad et al.
2016 (84)
30 Low pain
catastrophiz ing: 32.5 (SD 6.4);
High pain catastrophiz
ing: 34.1 (SD 6.8)
60% - - Low pain
catastrophizin g: 19.5 months (SD 11.9); High
pain catastrophizin
g: 14.3 months (SD
7.4)
LBP PCS ODI NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.748 p≤0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.663 p≤0.05
Penhoat et al.
2014 (85)
140 Spondyloar
thritis group: 42.7
(SD 7.4);
RA group:
59.4 (SD 13.7)
54,28% - - Spondyloarthr
itis group:
11.3 years (SD 10.1) RA
group: 15.5 years (SD
9.1)
Mixed PCS - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.431 p=0.0001
Peters et al.
2005 (86)
100 49.9 56% - Elementary
school or lower vocational training (55%) lower secondary
education (19%) higher
secondary education (16%)
6.5 years LBP PCS QBPDS VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.24 p= 0.023
Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.33 p<0.01
Picavet et al. 1,571 (216 with 25-64 - - Primary school More than 3 LBP PCS QBPDS Likert scale (T0) at L Catastrophizing at baseline-
2002 (142) chronic LBP) (8.6%) Junior (vocational)
(34.4%) Secondary (vocational)
(30.0%) Vocational
(21.0%) University
(6.0%)
months 0-10 baseline;
(T1) at six months
pain intensity at six months:
pain catastrophizing middle tertiles: OR[95%CI] = 1.4[0.8
to 2.5]; pain catastrophizing highest tertiles: OR[95%CI] =
1.7[1.1 to 3.0]
Catastrophizing at baseline- pain and disability at six months: pain catastrophizing middle tertiles: OR[95%CI] =
1.4[0.7 to 2.9]; pain catastrophizing highest tertiles:
OR[95%CI] = 1.5[0.7 to 2.9]
Plazier et al.
2014 (87)
65 46.86
(SD 8.79)
12,30% - - 9.57 years
(SD 8.38)
WSP PCS - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.38 p<0.01 Rapp et al.
2000 (71)
394 71.5
(SD 4.7)
51% White
(82.5%)
College degree (28.4%)
- KP CSQ FPI KPS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
Ambulation r= 0.36 p<0.0001 transfer r= 0.32 p<0.0001 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= -0.11 p<0.0001 Richardson et
al. 2009 (88)
67 50.43
(SD 8.39)
58,2% Caucasian (94%) African American
(6%)
Education 12.94 (SD 2.37)
16.19 years (SD 10.77)
LBP PCS - PPI - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.52 p<0.01
Romano et al.
2016 (30)
116 44.34
(SD 10.56)
93% White
(96%) American
Indian or Alaska Native (2%) Black
or African American
(1%) multiracial
- 6 months or
more
WSP PCS - NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.26 p<0.01
(1%) Roth and
Geisser 2002 (132)
299 39.6
(SD 10.7)
89,08% White
(88%) Black (7.35%) Hispanic (4%) Native American
(0.33%) Asian- Indian (0.33%)
Did not complete high school (17.05%)
high school education (18.39%) some college or post- high school technical school
(42.14%) completed college (10.36%) graduate or professional school (12.04%)
41.9 months (SD 51.6)
Mixed CSQ PDI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.14 p<0.01
Sanchez et al.
2011 (89)
74 46.54
(SD 8.13)
94,59% - - 4.11 years
(SD 3.07)
WSP PCS - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.28 p<0.01 Scott and
Sullivan 2012 (90)
107 41 58,87% - Some level of
postsecondary education
(60%)
8.3 years Mixed PCS - NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.42 p≤0.01
Severeijns et al. a 2001
(10)
211 48
(SD 14.3)
64,45% - - 6.8 years
(SD 8.4)
Mixed PCS WHYMPI WHYMPI
(pain intensity subscale)
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 0.268 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.439 p<0.05 Severeijns et
al. b 2002 (133)
2,789 (1,625 with chronic musculoskeletal
pain)
Men: 51.4 (SD 14.6) women:
49.2 (SD 14.3)
55,3% - - More than 3
months
Mixed PCS RAND-36 - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
physical functioning:
R2change= low back pain 0.07;
neck/shoulder/higher part of back 0.07; elbow/wrist/hand 0.05; hip/knee 0.08; ankle/foot
0.06
Shelby et al.
2008 (91)
192 57
(SD 10)
79% White
(63%) African American
(35%) Hispanic
(1%) Asian/Pacif
ic Islander (1%)
High school (12%) some college (29%) college graduate
(32%) professional/
graduate school (27%)
6 months or more
KOA CSQ AIMS AIMS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.29 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.17 p<0.05
Simon et al.
2016 (114)
60 47.67
(SD 14.58)
68% - High school
attendance (38%) College
attendance (62%)
247,48 weeks (SD 294,80)
LBP PCS - BPI (short-
form) and BPS
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
BPI β[95%CI] = 0.100[-0.164 to 0.353] p=0.442; BPS β[95%CI] = 0.161[-0.113 to
0.421] p=0.214 Sinikallio et
al. 2014 (116)
111 63.6
(SD 7.2)
69% - Junior high
school graduate (31%) Senior high/vocational school graduate (55%) Higher
vocational diploma or university degree (14%)
7.8 years (SD 7.0)
KOA PCS WOMAC
function
WOMAC pain
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
OR[95%CI] = 1.03[0.99 to 1.08]
Catastrophizing-disability:
OR[95%CI] = 1.04[0.99 to 1.09]
Somers et al.
a 2008 (92)
43 57.04
(SD 10.04)
72% White
(65%) African- American
(33%) Others (2%)
- More than 3
months
KOA CSQ - VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r=0.47 p<0.001
Somers et al.
b 2009 (94)
106 58.7
(SD 9.2)
77% White
(64%) African American
(39%) Other (3%)
Less than high school (1%) High school graduate (10%)
Some college (30%) College degree or higher
Six months or more
KOA CSQ AIMS AIMS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.35 p= 0.002 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.35 p= 0.002
(65%) Somers et al.
c 2014 (95)
55 56.24
(SD 11.03)
86% White
(67%) Black (33%)
High school or less (27%) Some college (29%) College degree (22%) Graduate work
(22%)
2 years or more
RA PCS AIMS-2 AIMS-2 - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.38 p=0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.22 p=0.09 Sturgeon and
Zautra 2013 (96)
231 Women:
53; men 60.7
69,6% Caucasian (85%
women, 87% men)
- 13.6 years RA Two items from
CSQ
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 0.00452 p<0.01
Sturgeon et al. 2014 (97)
260 57.42 100% White
(91.7%) Hispanic 85%) African American
(4%)
- - Mixed Two items from
CSQ
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 0.016 p<0.01
Sullivan et al.
1998 (134)
86 36.2
(SD 7.8)
69% - - 2.7 years Mixed PCS PDI - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.4 p= 0.001 Suso-Ribera
et al. 2017 (135)
254 54.49
(SD 12.88)
62% 90.4% were
born in Spain
More than 12 years of education
(73.6%)
9.26 years (SD 9.02)
Mixed CSQ SF-36 short
form
- - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
β= -0.31 p<0.001
Taylor et al. a 2013 (98)
251 57.33
(SD 8.39)
100% Caucasian (90%)
Some college (43.8%) postgraduate
education (23.1%)
More than 3 months
Mixed Two items from CSQ
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 0.01 SE= 0.0008 p<0.001
Taylor et al. b 2017 (99)
220 51.25
(SD 11.02)
88,6% Caucasian (78.4%)
1–3 years college
More than 3 months
WSP One item from PCS
- NRS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
Afternoon pain catastrophizing- afternoon pain intensity: r=
0.48 p<0.01Afternoon pain
catastrophizing-morning pain intensity: r= 0.31 p<0.01 Tennen et al.
2006 (100)
71 44.62
(SD 8.92)
100% - 14.13 years
(SD 1.96)
111.46 months (SD 95.88)
WSP CSQ - Likert scale
0-7
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.60 p<0.05 Thomas et al.
2010 (136)
50 50.26
(SD 11.48)
30% - College
(44.90%) Secondary
(26.53%) Primary (20.41%)
116.9 months (SD 149.02)
LBP PCS RMDQ - - C-S Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.46445 p= 0.0008
Thompson et al. 2010 (101)
94 51.1
(SD 14.6)
52% White
(88%) Asian/Asia
n British (4%) Black (1%) Other
(1%)
Retired or in full-time education (17%)
4.0 years (SD 6.2)
NP PCS NDI-m One item
from NDI
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
β= 0.37 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.26 p<0.05 Vienneau et
al. 1999 (102)
40 44.75
(SD 9.71)
42,5% - - 106.85
months (SD 114.28)
LBP PCS PDI PPI - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
r= 0.39 p<0.05
Catastrophizing-disability:
r= 0.55 p<0.001 Wideman et
al. 2014 (103)
107 60.78
(SD 10.05)
70,1% White
(60.7%) African American
(37.4%) Other (1.8%)
High school graduate (48.6%) College
graduates (22.4%) Postgraduate
(experts or doctorate) (24.3%)
More than 3 months
KOA PCS WOMAC
function
WOMAC pain
- C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
B= 0.196 p<0.05 Catastrophizing-disability:
β= 0.212 p<0.05
Woby et al. 183 43.9 56% - - 3 months- LBP CSQ RMDQ VAS - C-S Catastrophizing-pain intensity:
2007 (105) (SD 11.8) more than 12 months
β= 0.21 p<0.01 Catastrophizing-disability:
B= -0.01