title: Depression and its correlation with in patients pain in the rheumatology service of a Mexican teaching hospital.
abstract: The depressive symptoms are associated with chronic pain in this study. A cross-sectional study was performed. A visual analog scale was used to register pain intensity. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center of Epidemiological Studies (CES-Dr) scale as modified by Eaton and reviewed for use in the Mexican population. The study included 245 patients, with a mean age of 46 years, 86.1% of whom were female. The prevalence of some degree of depression was 55.1%. Patients with fibromyalgia had the highest prevalence of symptoms of depression (78.38%) and major depression (29.73%). Stepwise multiple regressions indicated that the best model (r2 = 0.26) to predict the CES-Dr score included the global pain score (P < 0.0001) and education level (P < 0.004). The Cronbach's alpha of the CES-Dr was high (alpha = 0.888). There was moderate correlation (r = 0.442), P < 0.0001 of the CES-Dr numeric score with the intensity of global pain.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde OPD, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martinez-Bonilla
authors.forename: Ana Guillaisne
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bernard-Medina
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Troyo-Sanroman
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: González-Díaz
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castro-Contreras
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Valls
authors.forename: Blanca Miriam
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Torres-Mendoza
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010146:Pain; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012219:Rheumatology; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population