Armaan Amiri
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Mentor(s): Jennifer Pierce
Co-Presenter:
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Anesthesiology / Medicine
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 5 – 3:40pm – 4:30 pm
Room: League Ballroom
Authors: Armaan Amiri, Caroline Zubieta, Matthew Ajayi, Sana Shaikh, Jennifer Pierce
Presenter: 39
Abstract
For individuals with chronic pain, expectations about pain and well-being in the future may impact pain outcomes. However, little is known about factors that predict pain-related future expectations. Limited work suggests that present pain-related characteristics, such as pain severity and physical functioning, contribute to future expectations. To our knowledge, however, previous research has not considered the role of other factors such as socioeconomic disadvantage and social conditions in pain-related future expectations among individuals with chronic pain. The present study is seeking to fill this gap. We hypothesize that higher socioeconomic disadvantage, lower neighborhood safety, and more perceived neighborhood problems will be associated with negative pain-related future expectations. To explore our hypothesis, we will administer an anonymous survey to adults with chronic pain. Participants will be recruited through social media and will complete several measures to evaluate socioeconomic disadvantage and neighborhood perceptions, including a neighborhood scale, and questions related to socioeconomic status. Participants will also be asked to indicate what they expect their pain to be like in one year. Multinomial logistic regression will be used to assess predictors associated with risk of same or worse future expectations compared to expectations of improvement. We hope the findings will be useful for healthcare professionals and allow them to be better informed in how social factors can influence future expectations. Future research should focus on whether or not these expectations cause a significant difference in health-related outcomes. Those results could mediate people’s chronic pain by shifting their expectations of the future.
Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary
