ObjectiveTo understand the current status of pain catastrophizing in patients with lung cancer pain, and to analyze its influencing factors. MethodsA total of 334 patients with lung cancer pain were selected as the research subjects. Investigation was performed on patients by using the general information questionnaire, Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for pain, Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Health-Related Hardiness Scale (HRHS), and Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ). The Spearman correlation analysis method was used to analyze the correlation of PCS score with NRS score for pain, HRHS score, and MCMQ score in patients with lung cancer pain. The univariate analysis and multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors for PCS total score in patients with lung cancer pain. ResultsThe total score of PCS in 334 patients with lung cancer pain was 34.00 (20.00, 39.00), and the incidence rate of pain catastrophizing was 35.3% in patients with lung cancer pain. The results of Spearman correlation analysis indicated that HRHS total score and three dimensions scores of commitment, control, and challenge of HRHS, as well as confront dimension score of MCMQ of patients with lung cancer pain negatively correlated with PCS total score and various dimensions scores of PCS in patients with lung cancer pain, respectively (P<0.05); furthermore, NRS score for pain, MCMQ total score and yield and avoid dimensions scores of MCMQ positively correlated with PCS total score and various dimensions scores of PCS (P<0.05),respectively. The results of univariate analysis indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in PCS score between lung cancer pain patients with different genders, ages, educational levels, marital status, per capita monthly household income, pain duration, therapeutic methods, recurrence and metastasis of tumor, and complications (P<0.05). The results of multiple linear regression analysis presented that age, educational level, NRS score for pain, HRHS total score, and confront dimension score, avoid dimension score, and yield dimension score of MCMQ were the influencing factors for PCS total score of patients with lung cancer pain (P<0.05). ConclusionPatients with lung cancer pain obtain a relatively high level of pain catastrophizing, therein age, educational level, pain degree, personally toughness, and coping mode are its influencing factors.