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Download or read book ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL BELIEFS & COPING RESPONSES AND PAIN-RELATED BELIEFS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC PAIN written by Cu00e1tia Damiu00e3o and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background and aims: Chronic pain is a multidimensional experience associated with psychosocial (e.g. pain-related beliefs and pain coping responses), spiritual and religious factors. Spirituality and religiosity are universal aspects of human experience that are thought to influence pain experience via its effect on pain, physical/psychological function, resilience, pain-related beliefs and pain coping responses. However, research aiming at assessing the association between religious and spiritual beliefs, and with pain-related beliefs and pain-coping responses in individuals with chronic pain is limited. This study seeks to address this gap. Methods: Eighteen community-dwelling adults with chronic low back pain or chronic pain due to osteoarthrosis participated in four focus groups. Participants were asked open-ended questions about pain-coping responses, pain-related beliefs and the perceived association between spiritual and religious beliefs with pain-coping responses and pain-related beliefs. Data were submitted to content and thematic analysis. Results: Results of qualitative analysis suggested three major themes related to the association between spirituality/religiosity and coping responses and pain-related beliefs: (1) Spirituality and religiosity as source of reframing of pain experience; (2) Organizational religiosity as inducing a sense belonging to a community, and community involvement as a source of social support and sense of purpose; (3) Using own pain experience as a way to help others in the religious community. Conclusions: The findings suggest that participants perceive pain-related beliefs and pain-coping responses as associated with spiritual and religious beliefs. Spirituality and religiosity may have an indirect effect on pain experience via its effects on coping responses and pain-related beliefs.