title: [Relationships between low-grade chronic depression, pain and personality traits among community-dwelling persons with traumatic spinal cord injury].
abstract: To examine the relationships between low-grade chronic depression, pain and personality traits among community-dwelling persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), 111 male and 11 female TSCI persons were administered questionnaires including Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and measures of pain and other mental health items, and were followed-up two years later. Nineteen persons (15%) meeting the criteria for low-grade chronic depression (both SDS scores > or = 48) were identified, while 30% of the sample population consistently showed normal mood (both SDS scores < or = 41). Both disabling pain and B type (emotionally labile, socially maladjusted, and extraverted personality characteristic) associated with lower IQ (90 and less) were significantly related to high SDS scores. However, age, sex, time-since-injury, levels of injury and marital status had no relationship with depression.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Tokorozawa.
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authors.lastname: Nagumo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D010551:Personality; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires