Pain catastrophizing is conceptualized as a negative cognitive-affective response to anticipated or actual pain and has been associated with a number of important pain-related outcomes.
The aims of this study are
- To describe the characteristics of the patients and determinants of catastrophizing in chronic painful patients hospitalized in rheumatology in the Nîmes University Hospital
- To describe the impact of the catastrophizing on the level of insomnia and the drugs consumption in chronic painful patients hospitalized in rheumatology in the Nîmes University Hospital