• J Pain · Mar 2024

    Pain and Hazardous Alcohol Use in Veterans in Primary Care: The Role of Affective Pain Interference and Alcohol Pain-Coping Perceptions.

    • Dezarie Moskal, Travis A Loughran, Jennifer S Funderburk, Jacob L Scharer, Katherine A Buckheit, and Gregory P Beehler.
    • VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, VA Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, New York; Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
    • J Pain. 2024 Mar 1; 25 (3): 682689682-689.

    AbstractChronic pain and unhealthy alcohol use commonly co-occur and are associated with negative health outcomes. Veterans may be particularly vulnerable to these conditions, yet limited research has examined factors involved in their co-occurrence. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the role of affective pain interference and alcohol pain-coping perceptions in the relationship between pain and hazardous alcohol use. As informed by the catastrophizing, anxiety, negative urgency, and expectancy model, we hypothesized that the relationship between pain and hazardous alcohol consumption is mediated by affective pain interference and stronger among those with greater perceptions that alcohol helps cope with pain. Participants were 254 VA primary care patients (87.8% male, Mage = 64.03, 76.4% White) with a history of chronic musculoskeletal pain, past-year alcohol use, and past-week pain. Veterans completed a mailed survey including measures of pain, affective pain interference, alcohol pain-coping perceptions, and hazardous alcohol use. Hypotheses were tested with regression models and PROCESS macros. As hypothesized, affective pain interference mediated the pain-hazardous alcohol use association. Contrary to hypotheses, results showed no moderating effect of alcohol pain-coping perceptions. Findings partially support relationships among theorized constructs and suggest that for Veterans with co-occurring pain and alcohol use it may be important to target pain-related affective interference and perceptions that alcohol helps cope with pain. PERSPECTIVE: This article presents a test of factors involved in the pain and alcohol relationship, as informed by the CANUE model. Findings suggest that for Veterans with co-occurring pain and past-year alcohol use, it may be important to target pain-related affective interference and perceptions that alcohol helps cope with pain.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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