Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
5-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Social Work
Degree Name
Master of Science
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Wayne Paris
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Alan Lipps
Abstract
As literature has shown, chronic pain patients present with a unique challenge to the medical field. The existing question is if the patient’s pain is unmanageable because of the severity of the pain or if the patient lacks coping mechanisms. If there is a lack of coping mechanisms, then that raises a plethora of new questions for the medical teams caring for them. After IRB approval, the current study was conducted on a sample of three patients that were referred to the Hendrick Medical Center Pathways team for pain management. It sought to determine if there was any association between their suspected pain management issues and prior emotional trauma. Each individual was administered the Trauma History Questionnaire, which revealed that each patient had a very complex trauma history. The findings suggest the importance of an interdisciplinary approach that includes trauma informed protocols when caring for patients with chronic or unmanaged pain.
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Recommended Citation
Grizzard, Lauren K., "Chronic Pain and History of Trauma" (2020). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 216.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/216