Research article summary (published Mar 1995):

[Psychological evaluation of out-patients in our pain clinic using self-rating depression scale and state-trate anxiety inventory questionnaire]

Full Abstract

In 98 out-patients who visited our pain clinic, we evaluated their psychological status before the first examination and one month after the treatment, using self-rating depression scale (SDS) and state-trate anxiety inventory (STAI). SDS, state anxiety, and trate anxiety scores were significantly higher in the patients with pain (trigeminal neuralgia, neck-shoulder-arm pain syndrome, lumbago and psychological pain, n = 55) compared with the patients without pain (sudden deafness and facial nerve palsy, n = 43) (P < 0.01, 0.05, 0.01). Of the patients with pain, patients with psychogenic pain showed the highest score in every test. The scores of SDS and state anxiety became significantly lower one month after the treatments compared with ones before the first examination (P < 0.01). It was considered that the decline in every score was due to the treatments in our pain clinic. In patients whose score of trate anxiety before the first examination was more than 50 points, the SDS and state anxiety showed high scores even one month after the treatments. This finding suggests that these patients need psychosomatic managements.

Author information

Author/s: Nakaigawa, Y (Y); Kasuda, H (H); Fukuda, H (H); Mitsuhata, H (H); Akazawa, S (S); Shimizu, R (R);

Affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology (Masui), published in JAPAN. (Language: jpn)

Reference: 1995-Mar; vol 44 (issue 3) : pp 362-6

Dates: Created 1995/06/13; Completed 1995/06/13; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 7745789, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Adult Aged Depression Female Humans Male Middle Aged

Middle Aged Outpatients - psychology Pain - psychology Pain Clinics Questionnaires Self Assessment (Psychology) Test Anxiety Scale

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