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This mixed-methods study investigated the relationship between ratings of situational pain catastrophizing and reported pain sensitivity in the context of receiving a nerve block without sedation, and explored participants\u2019 experiences.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Healthy volunteers (n\u2009=\u200942) completed baseline psychosocial questionnaires, underwent quantitative sensory testing, and received a lower extremity nerve block, followed by further psychosocial assessment and interviews. Associations of catastrophizing scores with pain sensitivity and procedural site pain were assessed using Spearman correlations. Interviews were reviewed using an immersion\/crystallization approach to identify emergent themes.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Greater situational catastrophizing scores were associated with higher pain sensitivity, measured as lower pain threshold and tolerance. Although females exhibited greater pain sensitivity generally, moderation analysis revealed a significant association between situational catastrophizing scores and pain sensitivity only among male participants. Qualitative interviews revealed the importance of participants\u2019 emotional responses to pain, and a mismatch of expectation and experience with procedural pain. Males also reported more negative comments about procedural pain.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Examination of the variable subjective experience while receiving a nerve block in this experimental lab-based study revealed an important relationship between situational pain catastrophizing scores and pain sensitivity, which was more prominent among male participants. These findings reinforce how insight into individual expectations, emotions, and thought processes may impact pain sensitivity during procedures, and may inform strategies to personalize care, improving patient satisfaction and procedural acceptance.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/pm\/pnae072","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]],"date-time":"2024-08-09T18:03:31Z","timestamp":1723226611000},"page":"781-790","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A mixed-methods study of the impact of sex and situational pain catastrophizing on pain sensitivity"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3770-2749","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yun-Yun K","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3154-0467","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jenna M","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"K Mikayla","family":"Flowers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carin A","family":"Colebaugh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Angelina R","family":"Franqueiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philipp","family":"Lirk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kamen","family":"Vlassakov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7361-2214","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kristin L","family":"Schreiber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"2024121301474031000_pnae072-B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"363","DOI":"10.4097\/kja.20323","article-title":"The role of regional analgesia in personalized postoperative pain management","volume":"73","author":"Chitnis","year":"2020","journal-title":"Korean J Anesthesiol"},{"issue":"1","key":"2024121301474031000_pnae072-B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"48","DOI":"10.1097\/aap.0000000000000038","article-title":"Are patients satisfied after peripheral nerve blockade? 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