title: [An evaluation of the psychosocial characteristics of patients admitted to a pain clinic and their relatives].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study tested the hypothesis that as pain brings about psychosocial changes in the pain patient, it also does in those relatives dealing with and supporting the patient. In order to test the hypothesis, comparisons of psychosocial status were made among patients with chronic pain, their relatives, and a control group (individuals having no pain and no relative with a pain disorder).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 270 individuals separated into 3 groups: Patients admitted to the Pain Polyclinic at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine with chronic pain (Group CP; n=77), relatives of these patients (Group R; n=98), and individuals age- and sex-matched to the relatives as a control group (Group C; n=95). The demographic values of all individuals were recorded, and psychological evaluations performed on all participants using the SCL 90 test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Somatization, anxiety, depression, interindividual sensibility, psychosis, paranoia, anger and general symptom index average scores were found to be high in Group R compared to Group C.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Changes in psychosocial status were observed in pain patients and their relatives when compared to the control group. The study recommends that in addition to evaluating the psychological status of pain patients in order to provide them with psychological and medical support, relatives of these patients should also be evaluated carefully and given psychological and medical support to enable necessary diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. vhanci@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hancı
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Büşra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: İkiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erşan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Günenç
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sangare
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şule
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Özbilgin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yurtlu
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult