Table 6 Depression characteristics by presence of physical pain (matched comparisons)
From: The incremental burden of pain in patients with depression: results of a Japanese survey
Depressed without pain | Depressed with pain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N=333) | (N=333) | ||||
n | % | n | % | p-value | |
Diagnosing physician | 0.921 | ||||
General internist | 52 | 15.6% | 50 | 15.0% | |
Psychiatrist | 266 | 79.9% | 266 | 79.9% | |
Other | 15 | 4.5% | 17 | 5.1% | |
Currently use prescription | 260 | 78.1% | 265 | 79.6% | 0.635 |
Depression severity (self-rated) | 0.184 | ||||
Mild | 128 | 38.4% | 110 | 33.0% | |
Moderate | 156 | 46.8% | 159 | 47.7% | |
Severe | 49 | 14.7% | 64 | 19.2% | |
Depression severity (PHQ-9; n=194; 177) | <0.001 | ||||
None | 42 | 21.6% | 11 | 6.2% | |
Mild | 48 | 24.7% | 45 | 25.4% | |
Moderate | 44 | 22.7% | 38 | 21.5% | |
Moderately severe | 33 | 17.0% | 41 | 23.2% | |
Severe | 27 | 13.9% | 42 | 23.7% | |
Problems made it hard to work/function (PHQ-9; n=180; 175) | 0.088 | ||||
Not difficult at all | 28 | 15.6% | 16 | 9.1% | |
Somewhat difficult | 102 | 56.7% | 96 | 54.9% | |
Very difficult | 33 | 18.3% | 34 | 19.4% | |
Extremely difficult | 17 | 9.4% | 29 | 16.6% | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-value | |
Length of depression diagnosis (years) | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 0.742 |
PHQ-9 total score (n=198; 175) | 11.1 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 7.1 | <0.001 |