Development of a questionnaire for the assessment of active and passive coping strategies in chronic pain patients

GK Brown, PM Nicassio - Pain®, 1987 - Elsevier
This study describes the development of a self-report questionnaire, the Vanderbilt Pain
Management Inventory, which assesses the frequency with which chronic pain patients use …

The phenomenology of the pre-sleep state: the development of the pre-sleep arousal scale

PM Nicassio, DR Mendlowitz, JJ Fussell… - Behaviour research and …, 1985 - Elsevier
The goal of the research reported in this paper was to develop an instrument which individuals
can use to describe their state of arousal as they fall asleep. The instrument devised, the …

Comparative meta-analysis of behavioral interventions for insomnia and their efficacy in middle-aged adults and in older adults 55+ years of age.

MR Irwin, JC Cole, PM Nicassio - Health Psychology, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Meta-analyses support the effectiveness of behavioral interventions for the treatment of
insomnia, although few have systematically evaluated the relative efficacy of different treatment …

[PDF][PDF] The measurement of helplessness in rheumatoid arthritis. The development of the arthritis helplessness index

PM Nicassio, KA Wallston, LF Callahan, M Herbert… - J …, 1985 - researchgate.net
We describe the development of the Arthritis Helplessness Index (AHI), a self-report instrument
designed to measure patients' perceptions of loss of control with arthritis. The participants …

Pain coping strategies and depression in rheumatoid arthritis.

GK Brown, PM Nicassio, KA Wallston - Journal of consulting and …, 1989 - psycnet.apa.org
A study was conducted to examine the role of pain episodes and the role of active and passive
pain coping strategies in depicting depression in 287 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (…

Chronic life stress alters sympathetic, neuroendocrine, and immune responsivity to an acute psychological stressor in humans

JL Pike, TL Smith, RL Hauger, PM Nicassio… - Psychosomatic …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
Objective Life stress is hypothesized to alter the dynamic regulation of the autonomic,
neuroendocrine, and immune systems. This study examined the effects of antecedent chronic life …

Transition from acute to chronic pain and disability: a model including cognitive, affective, and trauma factors

CY Casey, MA Greenberg, PM Nicassio, RE Harpin… - Pain, 2008 - Elsevier
This study evaluated a theoretically and empirically based model of the progression of acute
neck and back pain to chronic pain and disability, developed from the literature in chronic …

Behavioral treatments for insomnia

RR Bootzin, PM Nicassio - Progress in behavior modification, 1978 - Elsevier
The purpose of this chapter is to review and evaluate the variety of behavioral procedures
that have recently emerged for the treatment of insomnia. Assessment and methodological …

Sleep loss exacerbates fatigue, depression, and pain in rheumatoid arthritis

…, JD FitzGerald, VK Ranganath, PM Nicassio - Sleep, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: Disturbances of sleep are hypothesized to contribute to pain. However,
experimental data are limited to healthy pain-free individuals. This study evaluated the effect of …

The contribution of pain, reported sleep quality, and depressive symptoms to fatigue in fibromyalgia

PM Nicassio, EG Moxham, CE Schuman, RN Gevirtz - Pain, 2002 - Elsevier
The major objective of this research was to evaluate the predictors of fatigue in patients with
fibromyalgia (FM), using cross-sectional and daily assessment methodologies. In the cross-…