Depression among chronic pain patients at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang
- Author:
Hon Fei Seed
;
Hazli Zakaria
;
Muralitharan Perumal
;
Azlin Baharudin
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chronic pain;
depression;
Malaysia;
pain;
prevalence
- MeSH:
Depression;
Pain Management
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2015;70(5):303-306
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Introduction: Despite the high prevalence rates of
depression amongst chronic pain patients reported globally,
the condition is often under-recognised and under-treated.
Depression frequently complicates the effective
management of pain and is associated with poor quality of
life. This study aimed to explore the incidence of depression
and its’ associated factors in a sample of chronic pain
patients in Malaysia.
Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional
study was conducted amongst clinically diagnosed chronic
pain patients from the pain management clinic of Hospital
Tengku Ampuan Rahimah over a period of seven months.
Socio-demographics and clinical data were obtained from
patients’ interview and medical records. The validated
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was used for
screening and Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
(MINI) was used to establish the depression diagnoses
among the patients. Numeric pain intensity scale was used
to assess the severity of pain.
Results: Eighty-three patients with a mean age of 50.4±12.50
years participated in this study. The majority of the patients
were females (56.6%), married (85.5%) and being employed
(49.4%). The percentage of depression was 37.4%.
Depression was significantly associated with severity of
pain (p<0.001) and the duration of pain (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Almost one third of chronic pain patients in this
study have depression. Depression was significantly
associated with the severity and duration of pain.
Depression should be regularly screened among patient
with chronic pain.
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