Year: 2023
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: Influence of interoceptive sensibility and sympathovagal balance on pain ratings→ similar results for mean pain and no pain scores, also in unpleasantness → model-fit was not significant for all analysis, therefore results could not be interpreted furtherInfluence of interoceptive sensibility on sympathovagal balance → model-fit was not significant, therefore results could not be interpreted further Results BackgroundInteroceptive processes are closely linked with the autonomic nervous system, which regulates physiological responses to pain, such as changes in heart rate.HRV is commonly used to estimate sympathovagal balance, which is the relation between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system 1, ².Previous studies examined the interaction of pain with interoceptive accuracy, revealing mixed results about the influence of enhanced interoceptive accuracy on acute pain tolerance and pain experience.Also, no changes in underlying physiological reactivities were found, meaning that changes in sympathovagal balance did not predict changes of pain tolerance or pain experience 1,3,4 .Present study Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the influence of interoceptive sensibility 5, on the perception of pain regarding the stability of subjective pain ratings comparing painful to nonpainful stimuli.To measure the interoceptive sensibility, the MAIA-2 was used, which is a more economical approach comparing the heartbeat detection task used to measure interoceptive accuracy.We hypothesize that enhanced interoceptive sensibility is associated with higher consistency in subjective pain ratings.This effect is also accompanied by underlying differences in physiological reactivity, measured by HRV to pain stimuli.
Authors: Michels, Mara, VAN DER MEULEN, Marian, Miltner, Wolfgang, SCHULZ, André, Vögele, Claus, DIEROLF, Angelika
Institutions: University of Luxembourg, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6991749950