Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain

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Autor(a) principal: Castro,Martha M.C.
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Daltro,Carla
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
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Resumo: BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbances and symptoms of anxiety and depression have been shown to be involved in the genesis and perpetuation of chronic pain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sleep patterns and the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain. METHOD: Four hundred consecutive patients referred to a chronic pain outpatient clinic were investigated using patient charts, the numerical Visual Analogue Scale for the evaluation of pain, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and the Mini-Sleep Questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 45.6±11.4 years. The most frequent medical diagnosis was myofascial pain followed by neuropathic pain. The prevalence of symptoms of anxiety was 72.8%, depression 93% and altered sleep patterns 93%. CONCLUSION: This study revealed a high prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety and alterations in sleep patterns in patients with chronic pain, justifying investigation into these disturbances in this group of patients.
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spelling Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic painchronic painsleepdepressionanxietyBACKGROUND: Sleep disturbances and symptoms of anxiety and depression have been shown to be involved in the genesis and perpetuation of chronic pain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sleep patterns and the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain. METHOD: Four hundred consecutive patients referred to a chronic pain outpatient clinic were investigated using patient charts, the numerical Visual Analogue Scale for the evaluation of pain, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and the Mini-Sleep Questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 45.6±11.4 years. The most frequent medical diagnosis was myofascial pain followed by neuropathic pain. The prevalence of symptoms of anxiety was 72.8%, depression 93% and altered sleep patterns 93%. CONCLUSION: This study revealed a high prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety and alterations in sleep patterns in patients with chronic pain, justifying investigation into these disturbances in this group of patients.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2009-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000100007Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.67 n.1 2009reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/S0004-282X2009000100007info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCastro,Martha M.C.Daltro,Carlaeng2009-03-23T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2009000100007Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2009-03-23T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
title Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
spellingShingle Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
Castro,Martha M.C.
chronic pain
sleep
depression
anxiety
title_short Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
title_full Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
title_fullStr Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
title_full_unstemmed Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
title_sort Sleep patterns and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain
author Castro,Martha M.C.
author_facet Castro,Martha M.C.
Daltro,Carla
author_role author
author2 Daltro,Carla
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Castro,Martha M.C.
Daltro,Carla
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv chronic pain
sleep
depression
anxiety
topic chronic pain
sleep
depression
anxiety
description BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbances and symptoms of anxiety and depression have been shown to be involved in the genesis and perpetuation of chronic pain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sleep patterns and the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic pain. METHOD: Four hundred consecutive patients referred to a chronic pain outpatient clinic were investigated using patient charts, the numerical Visual Analogue Scale for the evaluation of pain, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale and the Mini-Sleep Questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 45.6±11.4 years. The most frequent medical diagnosis was myofascial pain followed by neuropathic pain. The prevalence of symptoms of anxiety was 72.8%, depression 93% and altered sleep patterns 93%. CONCLUSION: This study revealed a high prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety and alterations in sleep patterns in patients with chronic pain, justifying investigation into these disturbances in this group of patients.
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