Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The bidirectional relationship between sleep complaints and pain: Analysis of data from a randomized trial.
The goal of this study was to examine the bidirectional relationship of sleep and pain to determine whether changes in sleep complaints over the course of a chronic pain treatment trial predict pain outcomes and vice versa, controlling for changes in depression and anxiety. ⋯ This work helps to further disentangle the complex relationship between pain and sleep. This bidirectional relationship may need to be considered to improve pain outcomes.