Comparison the level of cognitive distortion and life quality in the people with chronic pain, people with non-chronic pain and the habitual

Chronic physiological diseases affect cognitive and emotional processes. according to this, accordingly the main goal of this research is comparing the level of cognitive distortion and life quality in the people with chronic pain, people with non-chronic pain and the habitual people in Hamedan.

The research method is based on the causal-comparative method. The Statistical group of this research is the whole 210 people with chronic and non-chronic pains and adults (upto18) in Hamedan whom selected based on the random cluster sampling. The necessary data gathered from the field Study and also by using the clinical interviewing about the pain kind and question aires of Alice cognitive distortion and varosherbon’s questionnaire of life quality. The data analyzed based on some Statistical-descriptive indices Such as frequency, Percentage, Mean, graph, Standard deviation and deductive Statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, MANOVA and shefeh post hoc test.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the three groups of patients with chronic pain, non-chronic pain and normal people in cognitive distortions and quality of life (p <0.001). In addition, the results indicated that the mean scores of cognitive distortions and quality of life were significantly different between the three groups of patients with chronic pain, non-chronic pain, and normal individuals. Thus, the group of patients with chronic pain had higher average cognitive distortions and lower quality of life than the two groups of patients with non-chronic pain and normal subjects. Also, the patients with chronic non-pain had significantly higher mean cognitive distortions and lower quality of life than the normal group.

According to the findings of the present study, appropriate psychological treatments should be used to reduce cognitive distortions and improve the quality of life of patients with pain in order to improve their therapeutic process.