Subjective depressive symptoms associated with pain in patients with major depressive disorder: Findings from the study on the aspect of Asian depression

Oon-Arom A 1 , Likhitsathian S 1 , Maneeton B 1 , Sulaiman AH 2 , Shih-Yen EC 3 , Udomratn P 4 Show all authors , Chen CH 5 , Srisurapanont M 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • 2 Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • 4 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
  • 5 Chen's Clinic, Chungli City, Taiwan
Perspect Psychiatr Care, 2020 Jan;56(1):188-193.
PMID: 31148197 DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12403

Abstract

PURPOSE: To examine subjective depressive symptoms associated with physical pain symptoms (PPSs) in Asian patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).

DESIGN AND METHODS: Four PPSs, including headache, chest pain, low back pain, and muscle pain, and subjective depressive symptoms were assessed using the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised.

FINDINGS: Out of 528 participants, 390 (73.9%) had at least one PPS. After adjusting for sex, depression severity, disability, fatigue, physical health status, and mental health status, PPSs were found to be associated with crying easily, blaming oneself, feeling lonely, feeling blue, and worrying too much.

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Almost three-quarters of Asian patients with MDD experience PPSs. PPSs are associated with some subjective feelings of depression.

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