@Article{IJMHP.2020.011059,
AUTHOR = {Eun-Joo Choi, So Yeon Yoo},
TITLE = {Factors Associated with Quality of Life of Psychiatric Outpatients with Chronic Pain in South Korea},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {22},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {93--104},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v22n2/39367},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = { Chronic pain has a high prevalence rate and is difficult to treat because 
it is associated with personality, socio-psychological problems as well as physical 
pain, and thereby degrades one’s quality of life. This study aimed to determine 
whether psychosocial factors are associated with quality of life among outpatients 
with chronic pain. The subjects were selected from patients with chronic pain who 
were receiving outpatient treatment at the mental health department of a university 
hospital in Seoul, Korea. The participants were 100 patients and the data were 
collected using structured questionnaires. Patients’ quality of life was significantly 
positively correlated with pain acceptance and spirituality, and negatively 
associated with catastrophizing and neuroticism. Multiple regression showed that 
catastrophizing, spirituality, pain acceptance, neuroticism, and number of pain 
sites were significant predictors of quality of life. These variables explained 59.0% 
of quality of life. Therefore, to improve quality of life in patients with chronic pain, 
it may be necessary to develop their spirituality and pain acceptance, and to reduce 
their catastrophizing and neuroticism.},
DOI = {10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011059}
}