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ReviewCureus2022

Chronic Pain-Induced Depression: A Review of Prevalence and Management.

Roja T Meda, Surya P Nuguru, Sriker Rachakonda, Shravani Sripathi, Mashal I Khan, Naomi Patel

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cancer pain and its impact on quality of life, distress, and spiritual well-being in the war-torn Gaza Strip.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  10. Pain Medicine and the Opioid Crisis: Time to Own Our Responsibility!European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026
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  12. Chronic Pain and Opioids in the Elderly: Treating the Brain, Not Just the Body.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Roja T MedaResearch, Narayana Medical College, Nellore, IND.
Surya P NuguruInternal Medicine, Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, IND.
Sriker RachakondaSurgery, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, UKR.
Shravani SripathiSurgery, Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad, IND.
Mashal I KhanInternal Medicine, Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar, PAK.
Naomi PatelResearch, Smt. Nathiba Hargovandas Lakhmichand (NHL) Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, IND.
Academy of Medical Sciences · GBBogomolets National Medical University · UAGandhi Medical College & Hospital · INKhyber Medical College · PKSmt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain is ongoing pain that has persisted beyond standard tissue healing time along with comorbidities such as depression. This article discusses studies that have shown the prevalence of chronic pain and chronic pain-induced depression and explained methods of prevention for these conditions. The molecular mechanisms such as monoamine neurotransmitters, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, inflammatory factors, and glutamate that are similar in chronic pain and depression have also been discussed. This article reviews the methods of management that utilize the identification of these molecular mechanisms to treat this condition further. It also emphasizes the importance of the awareness of chronic pain-induced depression for the upcoming advances in the subject of mental health.

Indexed as

chronic painchronic pain and depressionchronic pain induced depressionchronic pain induced depression managementdepressiondepression in chronic illnessmanagement of depression in chronic illnesspharmacological management of chronic painprevalence of chronic pain

Identifiers

PMID36171845
PMCPMC9509520
OpenAlexW4293224931

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