Associations between pain severity and physical, psychosocial, and health literacy-related factors in shoulder pathologies

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In individuals with shoulder pathologies, pain severity is significantly associated with reduced hand grip strength, lower health-related quality of life, poorer digital health literacy, negative exercise perceptions, increased upper extremity disability, and higher kinesiophobia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Mehmet Canlı; İrem Valamur; Hikmet Kocaman; Şafak Kuzu; Anıl Özüdoğru; Yusuf Topal; Özlem Yamanyurt; Kübra Şahin; Neziha Nur Tanrıverdi; Nadire Sultan Dolma

doi:10.31459/turkjkin.1976377

August 29, 2026Turkish Journal of KinesiologyOpen Access

Associations between pain severity and physical, psychosocial, and health literacy-related factors in shoulder pathologies

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To evaluate the associations between pain severity and various physical, psychosocial, and health literacy-related parameters in patients with shoulder pathologies.
Enrolled 70 individuals with physician-diagnosed shoulder pathologies in a cross-sectional study.
Assessed pain severity via the Visual Analog Scale at rest, during activity, and at night, alongside hand grip strength, kinesiophobia, disability, quality of life, and digital health literacy.
Analyzed linear relationships between pain scores and functional or psychosocial measures using Pearson correlation analysis.
Rest pain correlated most strongly with reduced hand grip strength (r = -0.754), elevated upper extremity disability (r = 0.690), and diminished physical quality of life (r = -0.677).
Activity pain showed moderate associations with decreased grip strength (r = -0.659), increased disability (r = 0.526), and poorer exercise-related perceptions (r = -0.501).
Night pain exhibited strong links to lower hand grip strength (r = -0.773), decreased physical quality of life (r = -0.730), and higher upper extremity disability (r = 0.718).

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Cross-sectional study reveals significant links between shoulder pain severity, physical function, and health literacy, highlighting multidimensional aspects of musculoskeletal care.

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