DEPRESSION AND PAIN BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN

Citation
Sj. Krause et al., DEPRESSION AND PAIN BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN, The Clinical journal of pain, 10(2), 1994, pp. 122-127
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
ISSN journal
07498047
Volume
10
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
122 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-8047(1994)10:2<122:DAPBIP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Objective: Previous studies of pain behavior in patients with chronic pain have shown that depressed patients exhibit more pain behavior tha n nondepressed patients. This study sought to extend these findings an d to examine the possible causes of the observed differences. Design: Patients completed the short form of the Beck Depression Inventory, an d their pain behavior was simultaneously rated by themselves and train ed observers. Patients: Subjects were 37 inpatients in a chronic pain program. Results: Both depressed and nondepressed subjects rated thems elves as exhibiting more pain behavior than did nurse ratings. While n urses rated pain behaviors as similar among the depressed and the nond epressed groups, patient ratings indicated significantly more pain beh avior among depressed than nondepressed patients. Conclusions: These r esults suggest that cognitive factors may influence self-ratings of pa in behavior by depressed subjects.