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dc.contributor.authorCaes, Lineen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Ewanen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Christinaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDick, Bruceen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-10T01:03:23Z-
dc.date.available2023-02-10T01:03:23Z-
dc.date.issued2022-12en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/34820-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Optimal executive functioning is pivotal to successful self-management of chronic pain (e.g., by being able to adapt self-management behaviours to changing situations), thereby contributing to improved health-related quality of life. However, preliminary evidence points to impaired executive functioning in people with chronic pain. Despite adolescence being identified as a sensitive period for the development of appropriate self-management and executive functioning skills, little is known about the associations between chronic pain and executive functioning performance in adolescents. The aim of the study was to pilot a multi-method approach to compare executive functioning, chronic pain, and quality of life between adolescents with and without chronic pain. Methods: A sample of 22 adolescents with chronic pain (12-18 years, 82% female, mean chronic pain duration = 6.68 years) and 13 pain-free adolescents (age and sex matched) participated. All participants completed a battery of neuropsychological tasks to assess the three key executive functioning components (i.e., inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility) and provided self-report on their executive functioning, pain experiences and health-related quality of life. Results: In addition to confirming the feasibility of the methods, data revealed that 23-62% of adolescents with chronic pain showed problematic performance, using normative scoring, in all three executive functioning components and showed significantly lower performance on all three executive functioning components compared to pain-free adolescents. Self-reported, but not neuropsychologically assessed, working memory and emotional control difficulties were associated with more pain-related interference and lower health-related quality of life. Conclusion: These preliminary findings reveal the critical need to screen for and address any potential deficits in executive functioning in adolescents with chronic pain to optimise their self-management of pain and subsequent health-related quality of life. The findings also illustrate the feasibility of and need for future systematic, multi-method and prospective investigations in larger samples to further clarify the cyclical associations between chronic pain and executive functioning in adolescents.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherKnowledge Enterprise Journalsen_UK
dc.relationCaes L, Wallace E, Duncan C & Dick B (2022) The Role of Executive Functioning in Understanding Chronic Pain Experiences in Adolescence: A Pilot Multi-Method Study. <i>Medical Research Archives</i>, 10 (12). https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i12.3361en_UK
dc.rightsCopyright: © 2022 European Society of Medicine. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectadolescenten_UK
dc.subjectchronic painen_UK
dc.subjectexecutive functionen_UK
dc.subjectemotion regulationen_UK
dc.subjectquality of lifeen_UK
dc.titleThe Role of Executive Functioning in Understanding Chronic Pain Experiences in Adolescence: A Pilot Multi-Method Studyen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.18103/mra.v10i12.3361en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleMedical Research Archivesen_UK
dc.citation.issn2375-1924en_UK
dc.citation.issn2375-1916en_UK
dc.citation.volume10en_UK
dc.citation.issue12en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderThe Royal Society of Edinburghen_UK
dc.author.emailline.caes@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date31/12/2022en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationRoyal Hospital for Children, Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationWest Virginia Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Albertaen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1872381en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-7355-0706en_UK
dc.date.accepted2022-11-15en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-11-15en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2023-02-08en_UK
dc.relation.funderprojectHow can we explain impairments in executive functioning? The role of chronic pain and social context during adolescence.en_UK
dc.relation.funderref58916en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorCaes, Line|0000-0001-7355-0706en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWallace, Ewan|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDuncan, Christina|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDick, Bruce|en_UK
local.rioxx.project58916|The Royal Society of Edinburgh|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2023-02-08en_UK
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