Work Type
Poster
Date
Fall 2021
Faculty Advisor
Karin Steere, DPT
Language
English
Abstract
Background: Reduction in heart rate variability (HRV) can strongly and independently predict adverse health outcomes.Chronic pain conditions are associated with reduced HRV, and HRV may be a biomarker for predicting chronic pain.
Purpose: While pain intensity and catastrophization are associated with chronic pain,the aim of this study is to investigate their relationship with HRV in individuals with acute pain.
Methods: Fourteen subjects from two facilities participated. Data from two participants was excluded. HRV was collected while seated as participants completed an iPad survey. Raw inter-beat interval (IBI) data was analyzed with Kubios software.
Results: Multiple regression analyses were non-significant. The strongest correlations were between high frequency power (HFP) and current pain, r(10) = .617, p=.052 and low frequency power (LFP) and current pain, r(10) = .568, p=.069. Root mean squared successive differences (RMSSD) (35.05, sd = 19.98), LFP (1598.49, sd = 17.97), HFP (488.46, sd = 633.79), LF/HF ratio (3.22, sd = 1.31) and total Pain Catastrophization Scale (PCS) scores (10.33, sd = 10.89) demonstrated wide variance, while current (2.83, sd = 1.99) or worst pain intensity (7.25, sd = 1.55) did not.
Conclusions: The wide variance of HRV and PCS scores yet similar pain intensity in this small population suggests a subset of individuals that may demonstrate decreased HRV in earlier stages of pain. Future research may focus on broadening the size and diversity of the sample and exploring additional psychosocial variables influencing HRV in acute pain.
Publisher
University of Puget Sound
Recommended Citation
Barbee, Carolyn SPT; Waddell, Elizabeth A. SPT; and Steere, Karin DPT, "The Relationship of Catastrophization, Pain Intensity, and Heart Rate Variability in Acute Pain - A Pilot Study" (2021). Physical Therapy Research Symposium. 64.
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ptsymposium/64