title: [Association between fear of stigma, depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with somatoform pain disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is still poor acceptance for pain without somatic causes, and patients with somatoform pain disorder carry a stigma per se. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of fear of stigma including depression, anxiety and somatisation among patients with somatoform pain disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  132 patients with somatoform pain disorder were investigated by using the Link Stigma Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Whiteley-Index, and the Checklist for Somatisation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple linear regression analysis showed a significant positive association between fear of stigma and symptoms of depression and a negative association with patients' age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is one of the first studies investigating this question among patients with somatoform pain disorder. Findings might indicate the importance of depressive symptoms for developing fear of stigma.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Sozialpsychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich. marion.freidl@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freidl
authors.forename: Sanela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piralic-Spitzl
authors.forename: Nana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grohe
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aigner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D057545:Social Stigma; D012944:Social Support; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires