Table 7 General patient-reported outcomes by the 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) | ||||
HRQoL | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p-value |
Mental Component Summary | 32.0 | 11.9 | 29.1 | 11.3 | 0.001 |
Physical Component Summary | 47.2 | 8.4 | 43.0 | 8.8 | <0.001 |
Health utility score (SF-6D) | 0.613 | 0.097 | 0.567 | 0.094 | <0.001 |
Work impairment | |||||
Absenteeism (%) (n=188; 181) | 11.4 | 24.9 | 13.1 | 25.7 | 0.510 |
Presenteeism (%) (n=181; 191) | 36.8 | 26.6 | 46.3 | 25.5 | <0.001 |
Overall work impairment (%) (n=191;182) | 42.3 | 30.4 | 51.4 | 29.0 | 0.003 |
Activity impairment (%) | 43.9 | 27.1 | 55.4 | 25.7 | <0.001 |
Health care use (past 6 months) | |||||
HCP visits | 12.8 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 17.2 | <0.001 |
ER visits | 0.35 | 1.87 | 0.31 | 1.36 | 0.758 |
Hospitalizations | 0.78 | 4.11 | 1.72 | 7.27 | 0.041 |