Abstract

Greater than 70% of the United States (US) adult population is overweight as defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 25 kg/m2. Adults who are overweight are more likely to report chronic pain than those with recommended weight status. Additionally, higher BMI is correlated with poorer pain outcomes. Patients with chronic pain and overweight status report difficulty self-managing pain and weight and are commonly prescribed opioid medications to treat pain. Long-term use of prescription opioids is associated with negative health outcomes, especially among adults with overweight status. Adults with chronic pain report many health symptoms that hinder pain and weight self-management such as poor quality of sleep, high levels of depression, low levels of self-efficacy for symptom management, high levels of pain interference, and high pain intensity. However, the relationships between health symptoms among adults with pain who use prescription opioids remain unclear.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 13806610; ProQuest document ID: 2275993307. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Teresa Louise Bigand, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL, NS

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Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Chronic Pain, Obesity, Prescription Opioids, Adults

Advisor

Marian Wilson

Second Advisor

Lois James

Third Advisor

Ruth Bindler

Fourth Advisor

Kenneth Daratha

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Washington State University

Degree Year

2019

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-09-13

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