Abstract
Background
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic influences of COPD patients. The worsening of their health status may contribute to a higher pain prevalence.
Aim
The aim of this study was to analyze the pain-related variables before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Methods
In this cross-sectional case-control study, stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without a COVID-19 diagnosis were evaluated before and during the pandemic. The main outcomes were the pronociceptive pain profile (general pain sensitivity, pain intensity, pain interference, and pressure pain sensitivity) and the psychological vulnerability (perceived health status, anxiety, and depression).
Results
Our results showed that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during COVID-19 pandemic experienced higher general pain sensitivity and intensity with statistical differences in pain interference (p < .001), being the overall perceived health status lower than before the pandemic (p < .05).
Conclusions
We concluded that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the COVID-19 pandemic showed a rise the pronociceptive pain profile accompanied by increased psychological vulnerability.
【초록키워드】 pandemic, Anxiety, Depression, cross-sectional, COVID-19 pandemic, outcome, COPD, Prevalence, sensitivity, Patient, COVID-19 diagnosis, Pain, Health status, Psychological, patients, case-control study, pulmonary disease, intensity, worsening, variable, Result, evaluated, contribute, influence, chronic obstructive, accompanied, statistical difference, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 pandemic, COPD, cross-sectional study, Patient, variable,