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TitleHealth service utilization in patients with major depression and co‐morbid pain
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Aims:  Patients with depression often have co‐morbid pain symptoms. However, rates of service utilization by psychiatric in‐patients with co‐morbid pain symptoms are unknown. The purpose of this study is to estimate whether patients with major depression and co‐morbid pain access medical treatment for their pain as much as their counterparts with psychiatric diagnoses other than major depression. Methods:  A total of 103 patients (62 female; 41 male) were assessed for a diagnosis of major depression applying a psychiatric clinical interview followed by a self‐report pain questionnaire, which assessed physical pain in psychiatric patients. Results:  Patients with major depression reported higher rates of pain symptoms in the past 6 and 12 months than their counterparts with a psychiatric diagnosis other than major depression. Analysis of variance showed that patients with depression were less likely to …

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Alvarenga, Marlies E
Caniato, Riccardo N
Mauritz, Anika
Braun, Anja
Aljeesh, Yousef I.
Baune, Bernhard T.
TypeJournal Article
Date2009
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depression
health service utilization
comorbidity
pain
Published inPsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
SeriesVolume: 63, Number: 1
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Asia
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