A comparison of depressed and anxious chronic pain patients.
This study compared 102 depressed pain patients and 41 anxious pain patients. Depressed pain patients were significantly more often older in age. Pain patients with anxiety disorder were more often younger and unemployed. There was no significant difference in the family psychiatric morbidity. Such a subdivision of chronic pain patients based on psychopathology could be useful for management purposes and for future research.
Chaturvedi
S K
SK
National Institute of Mental Health, and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors