Abstract：
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between family functioning, pain intensity, self-perceived burden, and pain catastrophizing. Moreover, we also wanted to explore the multiple mediating roles of pain intensity and self-perceived burden. From October 2022 to March 2023, 252 Chinese people with neuropathic pain completed face-to-face questionnaires to assess family functioning, pain intensity, self-perceived burden, and pain catastrophizing. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and a structural equation model. The results showed better family functioning was significantly associated with more intense pain, less self-perceived burden, and less pain catastrophizing. Mediation analysis showed that family functioning could indirectly affect pain catastrophizing through pain intensity and self-perceived burden in addition to a direct effect on pain catastrophizing. Moreover, the mediating variable of pain intensity played a masking role. These findings suggest that good family functioning can effectively reduce the self-perceived burden and pain catastrophizing in patients with neuropathic pain. However, family functioning cannot show its maximum effectiveness, and it may be necessary to construct a model of family functioning suitable for patients with neuropathic pain in the future.
摘要：
这项横断面研究旨在调查家庭功能之间的关系，疼痛强度，自我感知的负担，痛苦的灾难。此外，我们还希望探索疼痛强度和自我感知负担的多重中介作用.从2022年10月到2023年3月，252名患有神经性疼痛的中国人完成了面对面的问卷调查，以评估家庭功能。疼痛强度，自我感知的负担，痛苦的灾难。使用描述性统计和结构方程模型进行数据分析。结果显示，更好的家庭功能与更剧烈的疼痛显著相关，减轻自我感知的负担，更少的痛苦灾难。中介分析表明，家庭功能除了直接影响疼痛灾难外，还可以通过疼痛强度和自我感知的负担间接影响疼痛灾难。此外，疼痛强度的中介变量起到了掩蔽作用。这些发现表明，良好的家庭功能可以有效减轻神经性疼痛患者的自我感受负担和疼痛灾难。然而,家庭功能不能表现出最大的效力，未来可能有必要构建适合神经病理性疼痛患者的家庭功能模型。
