Table 4 Incidence of depression in individuals with different pain and chronic disease states
From: Relationship between chronic diseases and depression: the mediating effect of pain
Variable | Depression incidence (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No chronic disease | One chronic disease | Two or more chronic diseases | Â |
Pain severity | ||||
 No pain | 15.43 | 20.26 | 25.55 | 0.000 |
 Mild pain | 42.79 | 47.58 | 52.42 | 0.016 |
 Moderate to severe pain | 64.23 | 65.71 | 71.32 | 0.020 |
Take steps to relieve pain | ||||
 Yes | 48.44 | 55.90 | 65.04 | 0.000 |
 No | 54.17 | 59.11 | 64.63 | 0.041 |