Factores asociados al catastrofismo en pacientes con dolor de tobillo

Abstract

The research project was conducted with the aim of determining the factors associated with catastrophizing in patients with ankle pain. Ankle pain is a common condition that can affect people of all ages and lifestyles, so they represent the majority of musculoskeletal injuries, their recovery can be affected by biopsychosocial aspects which impede recovery. The research was developed with 48 patients with ankle pain belonging to the province of Tungurahua, the participants were between 18 and 60 years old, of both genders, for the research a questionnaire of catastrophism (PSC), the Pain Drawing (PD) and a Digital Sheet for the Collection of Data and Associated Factors were applied. The approach is mixed (qualitative and quantitative) as questionnaire type tests will be applied to evaluate the catastrophization in ankle pain and to evaluate the social and psychological factor related to ankle pain. pain. The study is Descriptive Transversal type since the surveys will be conducted only once in an observational manner with a duration of 15 to 20 minutes for data collection, with the aim of relating catastrophizing with the factors associated with ankle pain. It has a non-experimental design, so it focuses on the observation of patients, where the different variables related to ankle pain will be evaluated. In the results, by means of correlation, it is observed that the variables with greater interference in catastrophic thoughts of the patients are: body mass index (p=0.03), consumption of medication (p=0.04), time that pain returns when taking medication (p=0.03), concern for taking too much medication (p=0.03), medical-physiotherapeutic treatment (p=0.04) and nocturnal pain (p=0.02). It is concluded that while the scores are higher in catastrophism, there is a direct relationship with the associated factors, however, the correlation that exists in the research is slight, but it helps us to determine which variable should be taken into account in a physiotherapeutic evaluation with the objective of improving care.