ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2022
Momentary Associations of Osteoarthritis Pain and Affect: Depression as Moderator.
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- Construction and validation of a risk prediction model for depressive symptoms in a middle-aged and elderly arthritis population.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
- Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2024Article
- The Experience Sampling Method in Small Fiber Neuropathy: The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Pain Intensity and Physical Activity.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
- Analysis of preoperative and postoperative depression and anxiety in patients with osteochondral lesions of the talus.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Localized Multi-Site Knee Bioimpedance as a Predictor for Knee Osteoarthritis Associated Pain Within Older Adults During Free-Living.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2023Article
- Potential value of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, and S100B for identifying major depressive disorder in knee osteoarthritis patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Ecological momentary assessment for symptom monitoring among people with knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review.Digital healthReview
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objectivesThis research examined main and moderating effects of global depressive symptoms upon in-the-moment associations of pain and affect among individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Effects of depression on short-term change in pain and affect were also examined.
methodOlder adults with physician-confirmed OA (N = 325) completed a baseline interview tapping global depressive symptoms, followed by an experience sampling protocol that captured momentary pain and affect 4 times daily for 7 days. Multilevel models controlling demographics and health conditions examined main and moderating effects of depression on momentary associations of pain with positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). Similar methods addressed short-term change in pain and affect. Auxiliary analyses explored broad associations of depressive symptoms with person-level averages and variability in pain and affect.
resultsGlobal depression predicted current pain, PA, and NA, as well as change in pain and affect over a 3- to 8-h period. Furthermore, both in the moment and over short periods, the association of pain and NA was stronger among persons higher in depressive symptoms. No moderating effect for the PA-pain association was found. Depressive symptoms were also associated with variability in pain and affect, particularly NA. DISCUSSION: Results confirm previous work on the relation of chronic pain with both global depressive symptoms and short-term affect. This research further demonstrates a unique moderating role of depression on the association of momentary pain with NA and suggests that the causal path may be stronger from pain to affect than vice versa.
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