The Effect of Social Observational Learning, Empathy and Catastrophizing in Chronic Pain Patients During Acute Pain Induction.

Objective: In this study, we were interested in determining whether we could alter a pain response in a chronic pain patient population by exposing participants to different videos prior to inducing acute pain.

Design: This observational case series study required participants to report their pain level during the cold pressor task after viewing an instruction video.

Setting: Recruitment and testing took place in a tertiary care multidisciplinary pain center.