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Table 3 General patient-reported outcomes by the presence of physical pain

From: The incremental burden of pain in patients with depression: results of a Japanese survey

 

Depressed without pain (N=1523)

Depressed with pain (N=352)

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

HRQoL

     

  Mental Component Summary

31.9

11.9

29.1

11.2

<0.001

  Physical Component Summary

47.5

8.2

43.0

8.8

<0.001

  Health utility score (SF-6D)

0.615

0.099

0.567

0.093

<0.001

Work impairment

     

  Absenteeism (%) (n=914; 191)

14.8

29.1

13.7

26.4

0.649

  Presenteeism (%) (n=895; 191)

38.0

26.7

46.4

25.7

<0.001

  Overall work impairment (%) (n=914; 191)

45.5

31.6

51.7

29.2

0.009*

Activity impairment (%)

45.1

27.7

55.3

25.8

<0.001*

Health care use (past 6 months)

     

  HCP visits

12.7

12.2

17.6

17.2

<0.001*

  ER visits

0.29

1.63

0.32

1.42

0.745

  Hospitalizations

1.16

6.95

1.74

7.37

0.178*

  1. Note: HRQoL: Health-related quality of life; ER: Emergency room; HCP: Health care provider; p-values for comparison of frequencies are from omnibus Pearson chi-square test; p-values for comparison of means are from t-test; asterisk indicates p-value adjusted for violation of homogeneity of variance assumption.