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Sleep and pain : a systematic review of studies of mediation
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Whibley, Daniel, AlKandari, Nourah, Kristensen, Kaja, Barnish, Max, Rzewuska, Magdalena, Druce, Katie L. and Tang, Nicole K. Y. (2019) Sleep and pain : a systematic review of studies of mediation. Clinical Journal of Pain, 35 (6). pp. 544-558. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000697 ISSN 0749-8047.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000697
Abstract
Objectives
A relationship between sleep and pain is well established. A better understanding of the mechanisms that link sleep and pain intensity is urgently needed to optimise pain management interventions. The objective of this systematic review was to identify, synthesise and critically appraise studies that have investigated putative mediators on the path between sleep and pain intensity.
Methods
A systematic search of five electronic bibliographic databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) was conducted. Eligible studies had to apply a formal test of mediation to variables on the path between a sleep variable and pain intensity or vice versa. All searches, data extraction and quality assessment were conducted by at least two independent reviewers.
Results
The search yielded 2,839 unique articles, nine of which were eligible. Of 13 mediation analyses, 11 investigated pathways from a sleep variable to pain intensity. Putative mediators included affect/mood, depression and/or anxiety, attention to pain, pain helplessness, stress, fatigue, and physical activity. Two analyses investigated pathways from pain intensity to a sleep variable, examining the potentially mediating role of depressive symptoms and mood. While evidence supported a mediating role for psychological and physiological aspects of emotional experiences and attentional processes, methodological limitations were common, including use of cross-sectional data and minimal adjustment for potential confounders.
Discussion
A growing body of research is applying mediation analysis to elucidate mechanistic pathways between sleep and pain intensity. Currently sparse evidence would be illuminated by more intensively collected longitudinal data and improvements in analysis.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RB Pathology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sleep, Pain -- Treatment | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Clinical Journal of Pain | ||||||||
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0749-8047 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2019 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 35 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 544-558 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000697 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in (provide complete journal citation). " | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 February 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 April 2019 | ||||||||
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