Does family affect feeling of pain and coping strategies in people with chronic motor organ pain?

Many factors, including psychological ones, affect the feeling of pain and coping with it. The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between family status, and the subjective intensity of pain and coping strategies, in people suffering from chronic motor organ pain. 176 adults were examined. The diagnostic survey was used as well as the following tools: 10-point visual analogue scale to assess the severity of pain, Questionnaire on the Strategy of Coping with Pain (CSQ), the authors’own questionnaire. The mean pain intensity was 5.71 ± 1.97 points. The most cognitive coping strategy was the declared coping (61.81 ± 20.25). The most frequently used behavior strategies were: analgesics (72.97%), parapharmaceuticals (45.27%), physiotherapy (57.43%). It has been shown that people with a partner are more likely to use physiotherapy than singles (p<0.01). People who do not have children: feel less pain than people with one child (p<0.05), pray less frequently than people with two children (p<0.05), use catastrophic thinking less often than people with one child (p<0.05) or two children (p<0.05). People with two children significantly more often than childless people or parents of large families use painkillers (p<0.001), parapharmaceuticals (p<0.05), and physiotherapy (p<0.01). In conclusion, the number of children is related to the severity of feeling pain and the use of specific cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in people with chronic motor organ pain. Partner status is not related to the intensity of pain or the remedial strategies, except for the use of physiotherapy.