title: To what extent do anxiety and depression interact with chronic pain?
abstract: In 61 patients with generalized musculoskeletal pain, severity of anxiety and depression correlated significantly with self-reported impact of illness and physician-rated disability. Depression was significantly associated with pain-frequency, whereas anxiety was unrelated. Depressed mood was more closely tied to patients' ability to function than to their experience of pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bubela
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012803:Sick Role