{
  "abstract": "Background and Aims Patients’ attitudes towards pain management is critical for effective treatment strategies. However, few data are available about the relationship between different pain conditions and patients‘ attitudes towards pain. This study examines the pain attitudes of patients diagnosed with nociplastic (fibromyalgia) vs patients with nociceptive pain diagnoses.Methods We analyzed 200 patients (63% female) experiencing different pain syndromes, including nociplastic (fibromyalgia), neuropathic, arthritis or musculoskeletal pain and other nociceptive pain syndromes. Patients’ attitudes toward pain were assessed using the Survey of Pain Attitudes-Brief (SOPA-Brief), a validated 7-item scale measuring patient beliefs and perceptions related to pain control, solicitude (perceived responses from others), the role of treatment, disability, emotional influences on pain, the potential for medical cure, and pain-related harm. Chi-square tests were used to examine differences in SOPA-Brief subscale scores between patients with fibromyalgia, neuropathic vs nociceptive pain. Exploratory analyses were conducted to further investigate these differences.Results Among study group (mean age = 65 years, SD = 14.8), 12.5% were diagnosed with fibromyalgia, 17% with neuropathic, and 70.5% with nociceptive pain. Chi-square tests revealed statistically significant differences between the fibromyalgia and nociceptive pain groups on the Solicitude, Emotion and Harm subscales of the SOPA-Brief. Further analysis showed that patients with fibromyalgia scored significantly higher (p < 0.01) on Solicitude (M = 15.06, SD = 1.90), Emotion (M = 9.70, SD = 3.90), and Harm (M = 9.12, SD = 2.20), compared to patients with nociceptive pain (Solicitude: M = 13.84, SD = 2.98, Emotion: M = 8.86, SD = 3.50, Harm: M = 8.48, SD = 2.33) respectively. Differences between neuropathic and nociceptive patients were not significant (p>0.05).Abstract EP210 Figure 1Mean scores on the SOPA-Brief subscales by diagnostic pain category (Diagnosis 1: Fibromyalgia, Diagnosis 2: Neuropathic Pain, Diagnosis 3: Arthritis Pain, Diagnosis 4: Musculoskeletal Pain, Diagnosis 5: Other Pain Syndromes)Conclusions Nociplastic patients experience greater challenges in managing pain-related attitudes, particularly concerning solicitude, emotional reactions to pain and beliefs about pain-related harm. However, findings should be interpreted with caution and warrant validation in future studies.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesia Chronic Pain, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece"
      ],
      "name": "Ioannis Dalakakis"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesia Chronic Pain, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece"
      ],
      "name": "Konstantina Malliou"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesia Chronic Pain, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece"
      ],
      "name": "Despoina Sarridou"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesia Chronic Pain, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece"
      ],
      "name": "Eleni Moka"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesia Chronic Pain, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece"
      ],
      "name": "Aikaterini Amaniti"
    }
  ],
  "title": "EP210 Differences in attitudes and beliefs regarding chronic pain among patients with nociplastic vs nociceptive pain syndromes",
  "uid": "fc9c1122-2091-5416-bdca-c515f00c4024"
}