Trial reportBMC family practice2009
The relationship between pain intensity and severity and depression in older people: exploratory study.
Trial report in BMC family practice, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04789590 (Determining the Effectiveness of the Geriatric Pain Measure ın Older Adults Attending a Gynecology Clinic), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Determining the Effectiveness of the Geriatric Pain Measure ın Older Adults Attending a Gynecology Clinic
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Associations among pain, depression, and functional limitation in low-income, home-dwelling older adults: An analysis of baseline data from CAPABLE.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Trial
- Factors Correlating with Functional Capacity in Older People with Chronic Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Contribution of Psychological Factors to Inter-Individual Variability in Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Limited in Young Healthy Subjects.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Brief Pain Inventory Pain Interference Subscale: Assessing Interference With Daily Living Activities in Older Adults With Multisite Musculoskeletal Pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Symptomatic and functional recovery in depression in later life.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2018Article
- Self-report pain assessment tools for cognitively intact older adults: Integrative review.International journal of older people nursing · 2018Review
- Own and partner pain intensity in older couples: longitudinal effects on depressive symptoms.Pain · 2017Article
- Link Between Foot Pain Severity and Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms.Arthritis care & research · 2016Article
- Beyond Ockham's razor: redefining problem-solving in clinical sleep medicine using a "five-finger" approach.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2010Review
- The role of biological sex in neurophysiological associations of patients with chronic osteoarthritis pain: a prospective cross-sectional study.Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPain and depression are known to be associated in later life, and both have a negative effect on physical performance both separately and in combination. The nature of the relationships between pain intensity and depression in elderly persons experiencing pain is less clear. The objectives of this study were to explore which factors are associated with depressed mood in older people experiencing pain, and to test the hypothesis that older people experiencing pain are at risk of depressed mood according to the severity or frequency of their pain. In addition we explored whether other potentially modifiable factors might increase the risk of depressed mood in these persons.
methodsThe study is a secondary analysis of baseline data for four hundred and six community-dwelling non-disabled people aged 65 and over registered with three group practices in suburban London who had experienced pain in the past 4 weeks. Intensity and frequency of pain was measured using 24 item Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM) and the presence of depressive symptoms using the 5 item Mental Health Inventory. Risk for social isolation was measured using the 6 item Lubben Social Network scale and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) were also measured.
resultsOverall 76 (19%) had depressed mood. Pain frequency and severity were not statistically significantly associated with depressed mood in this population. In multivariate analyses, significant predictors of the presence of depressive symptoms were difficulties with basic ADLs (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.1.7.8), risk for social isolation (OR 4.1, 95% CI 1.8-9.3), and basic education only (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.1-4.4).
conclusionOlder people experiencing pain are also likely to experience depression. Among those experiencing pain, social network and functional status seem to be more important predictors of depressive symptoms than the severity of pain. Further studies should evaluate whether improvement of social network and functional status might reduce depressive symptoms in older patients.
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