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| Tamar PincusSummaryAffiliation: Royal Holloway Country: UK Publications
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A systematic review of psychological factors as predictors of chronicity/disability in prospective cohorts of low back painTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK
Spine 27:E109-20. 2002..In view of the importance attributed to other psychological factors (particularly coping strategies and fear avoidance) there is a need to clarify their role in back-related disability through rigorous prospective studies...- Cognitive bias in back pain patients attending osteopathy: testing the enmeshment model in reference to future thinkingJessica Read
AL2 Ward, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ, UK
Eur J Pain 8:525-31. 2004..Negative future thinking is common in depression but has not been explored in relation to chronic pain and information-processing models... - Models and measurements of depression in chronic painT Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey, UK
J Psychosom Res 47:211-9. 1999..Finally, we suggest more promising directions for research in this area... - Recall bias, pain, depression and cost in back pain patientsT Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 40:143-56. 2001..To investigate the relationship between recall bias for pain stimuli in chronic low back pain patients and the cost of managing their back pain in primary care... - Depressed cognitions in chronic pain patients are focused on health: evidence from a sentence completion taskTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Pain 130:84-92. 2007..Pain patients who are not depressed focus on health, but not necessarily in a negative way. The concept of themselves in the future might be a key aspect in depression in pain patients... - Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychosocial factors in low back pain: directions for the futureTamar Pincus
Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:E133-8. 2002..An amalgamated review of the current state of knowledge about psychosocial factors in low back pain (LBP), as presented at the plenary session at the Fourth International Forum on LBP Research in Primary Care (March 16-18, 2000, Israel)... - The attitudes to back pain scale in musculoskeletal practitioners (ABS-mp): the development and testing of a new questionnaireTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK
Clin J Pain 22:378-86. 2006..This study aimed to develop, test, and explore the underlying dimensions of a new questionnaire, the Attitudes to Back Pain Scale (ABS), in a specific group of clinicians, practitioners who specialize in musculoskeletal therapy... - Fear avoidance and prognosis in back pain: a systematic review and synthesis of current evidenceTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
Arthritis Rheum 54:3999-4010. 2006..We undertook this review to explore current evidence and to propose further development of theoretical models... - Attitudes to back pain amongst musculoskeletal practitioners: a comparison of professional groups and practice settings using the ABS-mpTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Man Ther 12:167-75. 2007..The results may help explain current clinical practice patterns observed in these groups and their uptake of clinical guideline recommendations... - Responsiveness and construct validity of the depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale (DAPOS)Tamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
Clin J Pain 24:431-7. 2008..The Depression, Anxiety, and Positive Outlook Scale (DAPOS) was designed to measure mood in pain populations without contamination from somatic items... - Measuring troublesomeness of chronic pain by locationSuzanne Parsons
Centre for Health Sciences, Institute for Health Sciences Education, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 7:34. 2006.... - Returning back pain patients to work: how private musculoskeletal practitioners outside the national health service perceive their role (an interview study)Tamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
J Occup Rehabil 20:322-30. 2010..Private musculoskeletal practitioners treat a large section of people with back pain, and could play an important role in returning and maintaining patients to work... - Measuring pain self-efficacyClare L Miles
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, London, UK
Clin J Pain 27:461-70. 2011..A standard, high-quality measure of self-efficacy in such populations would improve evidence, by allowing meaningful comparisons amongst subgroups and between treatments, and by facilitating pooling across studies in systematic reviews... - A review and proposal for a core set of factors for prospective cohorts in low back pain: a consensus statementTamar Pincus
Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK
Arthritis Rheum 59:14-24. 2008 - The fear avoidance model disentangled: improving the clinical utility of the fear avoidance modelTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
Clin J Pain 26:739-46. 2010..The model of fear avoidance proposes that fear of movement in back pain patients is an obstacle to recovery and leads over time to increased disability. Therefore, fear of movement should be targeted explicitly by interventions... - Can we identify how programmes aimed at promoting self-management in musculoskeletal pain work and who benefits? A systematic review of sub-group analysis within RCTsClare L Miles
Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Psychology, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
Eur J Pain 15:775.e1-11. 2011..Evidence for the effectiveness of self-management interventions in chronic musculoskeletal pain is equivocal and it is not clear for which sub-groups of patients SM is optimally effective... - The development and testing of the depression, anxiety, and positive outlook scale (DAPOS)Tamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
Pain 109:181-8. 2004..Finally, a subset of patients carried out a sorting task to test for face validity. The DAPOS performed well, indicating that it is a reliable measure of the three mood states with good initial evidence of validity in these samples... - Persistent back pain--why do physical therapy clinicians continue treatment? A mixed methods study of chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapistsTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK
Eur J Pain 10:67-76. 2006..b) To study the beliefs behind the reasons why chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists continue to treat people whose low back pain appears not to be improving... - Methodological criteria for the assessment of moderators in systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials: a consensus studyTamar Pincus
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:14. 2011..Our objective was to provide researchers with a set of criteria that will facilitate the grading of evidence for moderators, in systematic reviews... - The influence of patients' and primary care practitioners' beliefs and expectations about chronic musculoskeletal pain on the process of care: a systematic review of qualitative studiesSuzanne Parsons
Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2 Newark St, London, E1 2AT
Clin J Pain 23:91-8. 2007..To review qualitative, empirical studies exploring the influence of patients' and primary care practitioners' beliefs and expectations on the process of care for chronic musculoskeletal pain... - Outpatient cognitive behavioral pain management programs: a randomized comparison of a group-based multidisciplinary versus an individual therapy modelLynne Turner-Stokes
Department of Rehabilitation, Northwick Park Hospital, King s College London, UK
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:781-8. 2003..To compare the efficacy of 2 models of chronic pain management... - Information processing biases among chronic pain patients and ankylosing spondylitis patients: the impact of diagnosisHeather J Wells
Department of Clinical Psychology, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK
Eur J Pain 7:105-11. 2003..The results are discussed in relation to existing literature in this area and implications for clinical practice are provided... - Testing the effectiveness of an innovative information package on practitioner reported behaviour and beliefs: the UK Chiropractors, Osteopaths and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists Low back pain ManagemENT (COMPLeMENT) trial [ISRCTN77245761]David W Evans
School of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 6:41. 2005.... - Treatment and the process of care in musculoskeletal conditions. A multidisciplinary perspective and integrationNadine E Foster
Department of Physiotherapy Studies, Primary Care Sciences Research Center, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
Orthop Clin North Am 34:239-44. 2003..When better understanding of these factors and the mismatch between professionals and patients is achieved, then theoretical frameworks, treatment approaches, and the education of professionals in appropriate management will be improved...