Table 1 Characteristics of bipolar depressed patients
From: Factors associated with chronic pain in patients with bipolar depression: a cross-sectional study
Sociodemographic variables | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Sex (N=119) | Male | 45 (37.8) |
Female | 74 (62.2) | |
Age (N=113) | Mean (SD) | 50.69 (12.3) |
Age groups (N=113) | <40 | 19 (16.8) |
40–49 | 34 (30.1) | |
50–59 | 36 (31.9) | |
60–69 | 15 (13.3) | |
≥70 | 9 (8.0) | |
Educational Level (N=119) | Illiterate: No educational level completed | 10 (8.4) |
Primary | 59 (49.6) | |
Secondary | 31(25.6) | |
University | 19 (15.7) | |
Marital status (N=119) | Living with a partner | 63 (52.9) |
Divorced/Separated | 24 (20.2) | |
Single | 20 (16.5) | |
Widow(er) | 12 (9.9) | |
Clinical variables | ||
Number of depressive episodes (N=111) | Mean (SD) | 4.28 (3.08) |
Median (P25;P75) | 3.00 (2.0;6.0) | |
Duration of the current depressive episode (Months, N=29) | Mean (SD) | 11.48 (9.68) |
Median (P25,P75) | 7.00 (5.5,5.0) | |
Hamilton Scale score (N=121) | Mean (SD) | 25.21 (7.6) |
Maier Scale score (N=116) | Mean (SD) | 11.98 (3.8) |
Diagnostic group (N=121) | Bipolar disorder only | 85 (70.2) |
Bipolar and other depressive disorders | 36 (29.8) | |
Pain (N=121) | No | 59 (48.8) |
Yes | 62 (51.2) | |
Duration of pain (Months) (N=20) | Mean (SD) | 62.5 (90.9) |
Median (P25,P75) | 23 (6.0,90.6) | |
Intensity of pain (N=62) | Mean (SD); (Min,Max) | 67.5 (14.9); (41,100) |
Median (P25,P75) | 66.5 (56;78.5) | |
Interference of pain in the activities of daily living (N=62) | Mean(SD); (Min,Max) | 67.7 (21.2); (0,100) |
Median (P25,P75) | 67.9 (57.8,82.3) | |
Pain location (N=62) | Head | 41 (66.1) |
Neck | 41 (66.1) | |
Back | 46 (74.2) | |
Limbs | 42 (67.7) | |
Joints | 40 (64.5) | |
Numbers of locations (N=61) | Mean(SD) | 3.44 (1.46) |
1 | 8 (13.1) | |
2 | 10 (16.4) | |
3 | 12 (19.7) | |
4 | 9 (14.8) | |
5 | 22 (36.1) | |
Known Aetiology of pain (N=57) | No | 27 (47.4) |
Yes | 30 (52.6) | |