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Choi S. Association of hearing impairment with social participation restriction and depression: comparison between midlife and older adults. Aging Ment Health 2023; 27:2257-2266. [PMID: 37561088 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2245774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study examined the association between hearing impairment and depression, focusing on the role of restricted social engagement as a mediator and whether the mediating relationship differed between midlife individuals (45-64) and older adults (65+). METHODS Individuals aged 45 and older from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017-2018 were analyzed (N = 3,020). A multiple-group path analysis was conducted to compare midlife individuals (n = 1,774) and older adults (n = 1,246). RESULTS The results indicated that among U.S. adults aged 45 or older, 12.3% reported having serious difficulty hearing (21.2% among older adults vs. 7.4% among midlife adults). In both age groups, significant direct relationship between hearing impairment and depression, as well as indirect relationship via social participation restriction, were found. However, a significant difference was found in the relationship between restricted social participation and depression by age group (i.e. moderated mediation): The coefficient was greater among midlife adults than among older adults (Δbmidlife-older=1.109-0.383 = 0.726, p<.001). CONCLUSION These findings highlight that adverse psychosocial effects of hearing impairment are also an important concern for midlife adults. As the importance of social engagement was greater among midlife adults with hearing impairment, age-specific interventions should be adopted to reduce depression associated with hearing impairment.
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- Sunha Choi
- Department of Public Administration, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul, South Korea
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Chen D, Tong Y. Do Social Timing and Gender Matter to Parental Depression Aroused by Traumatic Experience of Child Bereavement? Evidence from China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:12058. [PMID: 34831813 PMCID: PMC8622019 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182212058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Child loss is a rare but traumatic life event that often has a detrimental effect on parental wellbeing. However, parents' resources and strategies in coping with the stressful child bereavement event may depend on timing of the event. This study intends to examine how parental depression could be aroused by the occurrence and timing of child bereavement, and how the influences vary by child gender. Drawing on the theoretical framework of the stress and life course, and using three waves of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we find that both the occurrence and timing of child bereavement are significantly associated with parental depression in later life. Bereaved parents are more likely to report depression than non-bereaved parents. Child bereavement in children's young adulthood is more likely to spark off parental depression than that occurring in children's midlife or later. Further analysis confirms that the timing effect of child bereavement differs by child gender. Parents whose son died during young adulthood are more likely to report depression than their counterparts whose daughter died. Future studies need to address how to build up a specific social welfare program targeting child bereavement groups in different life stages.
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- Dan Chen
- Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
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The Relationship Between Pain and Quality of Life Among Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: The Mediating Effects of Lower Extremity Functional Status and Depression. Orthop Nurs 2021; 40:73-80. [PMID: 33756534 DOI: 10.1097/nor.0000000000000740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Pain, lower extremity functional status, and depression have been associated with quality of life among patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). However, little is known about the manner in which these factors influence quality of life. The present study examined the mediating effects of lower extremity functional status and depression on the relationship between pain and quality of life among adults with KOA. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 135 adults with KOA who visited an orthopaedic outpatient clinic in Korea. The participants responded to the Numeric Rating Scale, Lower Extremity Functional Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and the Korean version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF. Mediation analysis was conducted using the PROCESS macro for SPSS. The serial mediating effects of lower extremity functional status and depression on the relationship between pain and quality of life were significant. These findings suggest that the assessment and management of lower extremity functional status and depression are important means by which the quality of life of adults with painful KOA can be improved.
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Ji L, Qiao X, Jin Y, Si H, Liu X, Wang C. Functional disability mediates the relationship between pain and depression among community-dwelling older adults: Age and sex as moderators. Geriatr Nurs 2021; 42:137-144. [PMID: 33401094 DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the moderating effects of age and sex in the role of functional disability as a mediator between pain and depression. METHODS Participants were 1917 community-dwelling older adults from Jinan, China. Data were collected on pain intensity, functional disability in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, depressive symptoms and covariates. RESULTS Functional disability partially mediated the relationship between pain intensity and depressive symptoms (estimate = 0.015, SE = 0.007, 95% CI [0.004, 0.030]). Age and sex moderated both the direct and indirect effect of the mediation model. The mediating effect of functional disability was significant in the old-old men, young-old men, and young-old women, but not in the old-old women. CONCLUSIONS Interventions should target both pain and pain-related functional disability to improve their emotional well-being among community-dwelling older adults. Importantly, strategies should be tailored across different age and sex groups to improve their effectiveness.
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- Lili Ji
- School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Jackson T, Xu T, Jia X. Arthritis self-efficacy beliefs and functioning among osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients: a meta-analytic review. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019; 59:948-958. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) is a widely used self-report measure of beliefs reflecting confidence in one’s capacity to function despite pain and control pain or other symptoms of arthritis. Despite evidence linking higher ASES scores to lower levels of impairment, pain and emotional distress, numerous modest, non-significant associations have also been observed. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated overall associations between ASES scores and adjustment in RA and OA samples as well as potential moderators that may explain the heterogeneity in these associations.
Method
Data from 48 samples that met all 10 inclusion criteria (N = 9222 patients) were subject to analyses.
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ASES scores had significant medium average effect sizes with functional impairment, pain severity and emotional distress but substantial heterogeneity was evident for each association. ASES–impairment associations were moderated by the diagnosis, ASES version and ASES subscale content: significantly larger effect sizes were found for studies that included RA patients, used the original 20-item ASES and assessed subscale content reflecting the pursuit of daily activities despite pain (i.e. functional self-efficacy) than for studies based exclusively on OA patients, the eight-item ASES and ASES pain control and other symptom subscales. Relations of ASES scores with pain severity and emotional distress were moderated by ASES version and subscale content, respectively.
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The ASES has significant overall associations with key areas of functioning. Moderator analyses of the measure provide empirically grounded suggestions for optimal use of the ASES within OA and RA patient samples.
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- Todd Jackson
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, China Education Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing
- Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau, S.A.R., China
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, China Education Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, China Education Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing
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Rathbun AM, Shardell MD, Stuart EA, Yau MS, Gallo JJ, Schuler MS, Hochberg MC. Pain severity as a mediator of the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance in knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2018; 26:1453-1460. [PMID: 30092262 PMCID: PMC6397771 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Depressive symptoms in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are associated with increased pain severity and declines in physical performance. This study examined whether pain severity mediates the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance in persons with radiographic knee OA. METHOD Three years of annual data from participants (n = 1,463) with radiographic knee OA in the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) were analyzed. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Pain severity was evaluated with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index. Physical performance was assessed via standardized gait speed. Marginal structural models were used to assess the direct (unmediated) effects of depressive symptoms on physical performance and indirect (mediated) effects through pain severity. RESULTS Direct and indirect effects for a difference in CES-D score of 0-1 were -0.0051 (95% confidence intervals (CI): -0.0053, -0.0049) and -0.0016 (95% CI: -0.0024, -0.0007) standard deviations in gait speed, respectively. Higher depressive symptom severity exhibited diminishing, incremental, direct and indirect effects and for a difference in CES-D score of 15-16 were -0.0045 (95% CI: -0.0047, -0.0042) and -0.0009 (95% CI: -0.0014, -0.0004) standard deviations in gait speed, respectively. Therefore, the magnitude of the mediated, indirect effect, was never larger than 24%. CONCLUSION Pain severity mediated approximately one-fifth of the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance in persons with radiographic knee OA, and the diminishing incremental effects may explain why unimodal treatment strategies with a single disease target are often ineffective in depressed OA patients.
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- A M Rathbun
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Backe IF, Patil GG, Nes RB, Clench-Aas J. The relationship between physical functional limitations, and psychological distress: Considering a possible mediating role of pain, social support and sense of mastery. SSM Popul Health 2017; 4:153-163. [PMID: 29349284 PMCID: PMC5769123 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/29/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to examine associations between selected physical functional limitations related to performing daily activities and psychological distress. We also aimed to investigate if these associations vary across age (moderation), and to explore pain, sense of mastery and social support as potential moderators and mediators. The study was based on pooled data from two rounds (2008 and 2012) of a Norwegian nationally representative cross-sectional health survey (N = 8520) including individuals aged ≥ 16 years (Age groups = 16-44 and ≥ 45 years). Physical functional limitations comprised decreased ability to: i) climb stairs, ii) carry objects, or iii) both. Psychological distress was measured as anxiety and depressive symptoms occurring separately or in combination (CAD). Of respondents reporting physical functional limitations, 8-14% reported depressive symptoms, 5-7% anxiety symptoms, and 13-28% reported CAD. Physical functional limitations were significantly associated with all three forms of psychological distress, particularly among individuals 16-44 years, and were more strongly related to CAD than to anxiety or depression occurring separately. The association with CAD was twice as strong when both types of physical functional limitations were present. Pain, sense of mastery and social support were significant modifiers of depression, whereas all three were significant mediators of the relationship between physical functional limitations and anxiety, depression and CAD. Sense of mastery mediated the relationship between physical functional limitations and CAD, but most strongly among those 16-44 years. Social support was only a significant mediator among those [Formula: see text] 45 years. Close associations between physical functional limitations and psychological distress highlight special needs among individuals experiencing daily functional limitations. The results also suggest that pain, low social support, and low sense of mastery may contribute to aggravate psychological distress.
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- Ingeborg Flåten Backe
- Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Liu H, Lou VWQ. Patterns of productive activity engagement as a longitudinal predictor of depressive symptoms among older adults in urban China. Aging Ment Health 2017; 21:1147-1154. [PMID: 27392120 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1204983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Using two waves of panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this study prospectively assessed whether four distinct patterns of productive activity engagement would predict depressive symptoms among older adults in urban China two years later. METHODS A sample of urban residents aged 60 or above at Wave 1 and who were interviewed in both waves (N = 2398) was used. Latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify distinct patterns of productive activity engagement that occurred within the Wave 1 data. Next, the generalized estimating equations were used to assess whether identified patterns predicted the levels of depressive symptoms measured at Wave 2. RESULTS Our use of LCA confirmed the existence of four distinct patterns of productive activity engagement among the study sample: Informal Helper/Carer, Working-Caring Engager, Civic Contributor, and Low/Spousal Carer. All of these three patterns exhibited significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms than that of Low/Spousal Carer two years later. CONCLUSIONS Our use of individual-based categorization of productive engagement better captured the reality of older adults performing various productive activities than summative scales of productive activities did and, therefore, provided a more valid clarification of differential well-being outcomes among older adults.
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- Huiying Liu
- a Department of Social Work and Social Administration , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- a Department of Social Work and Social Administration , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China.,b Sau Po Center on Ageing , The University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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Rashedi V, Asadi-Lari M, Foroughan M, Delbari A, Fadayevatan R. Mental Health and Pain in Older Adults: Findings from Urban HEART-2. Community Ment Health J 2017; 53:719-724. [PMID: 28124258 DOI: 10.1007/s10597-017-0082-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pain is an important component of disability problems, and plays a key role in mental health of older adults. This study aims to investigate the relationship between mental health and pain in older adults of Tehran, Iran. This was a cross-sectional study using data on 5326 older adults aged ≥60 years old from a large population-based survey (Urban HEART-2). A multistage cluster random sampling method was used to select the participants in Tehran, Iran, in 2011. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), pain questionnaire, and socioeconomic questionnaires were used to collect the data. A total of 5326 older adults, 3811 (71.6%) married and 2797 (52.5%) female, were included into the study. The mean age of the participants was 68.92 ± 7.02 years. Mean of GHQ-28 scores in the sample was 51.08 ± 10.94, which indicates of a good level of mental health. The majority of the older adults had knee and back pain (more than 50%). Regardless of the chronicity, time, and the mode of reaction to it, knee and back pain were the highly reported pains among the participants. There was a statistically significant difference between two groups of older adults, with and without pain, in terms of GHQ-28 scores. Multiple regression analysis revealed that there was a relationship between mental health and the following factors: pain in head, shoulder, teeth, upper and lower limbs, education, gender, age, and marital status. Whatever the explanation, the relation of lowered health status to pain in all body parts among older people is considerable. This renders this matter as a top priority in health policy making.
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- Vahid Rashedi
- Iranian Research Center on Aging, Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Iranian Research Center on Aging, Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Wongpakaran T, Wongpakaran N, Tanchakvaranont S, Bookkamana P, Pinyopornpanish M, Wannarit K, Satthapisit S, Nakawiro D, Hiranyatheb T, Thongpibul K. Depression and pain: testing of serial multiple mediators. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2016; 12:1849-60. [PMID: 27524903 PMCID: PMC4966501 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s110383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Despite the fact that pain is related to depression, few studies have been conducted to investigate the variables that mediate between the two conditions. In this study, the authors explored the following mediators: cognitive function, self-sacrificing interpersonal problems, and perception of stress, and the effects they had on pain symptoms among patients with depressive disorders. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS An analysis was performed on the data of 346 participants with unipolar depressive disorders. The 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination, the pain subscale of the health-related quality of life (SF-36), the self-sacrificing subscale of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems, and the Perceived Stress Scale were used. Parallel multiple mediator and serial multiple mediator models were used. An alternative model regarding the effect of self-sacrificing on pain was also proposed. RESULTS Perceived stress, self-sacrificing interpersonal style, and cognitive function were found to significantly mediate the relationship between depression and pain, while controlling for demographic variables. The total effect of depression on pain was significant. This model, with an additional three mediators, accounted for 15% of the explained variance in pain compared to 9% without mediators. For the alternative model, after controlling for the mediators, a nonsignificant total direct effect level of self-sacrificing was found, suggesting that the effect of self-sacrificing on pain was based only on an indirect effect and that perceived stress was found to be the strongest mediator. CONCLUSION Serial mediation may help us to see how depression and pain are linked and what the fundamental mediators are in the chain. No significant, indirect effect of self-sacrificing on pain was observed, if perceived stress was not part of the depression and/or cognitive function mediational chain. The results shown here have implications for future research, both in terms of testing the model and in clinical application.
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- Tinakon Wongpakaran
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Khon Kaen Regional Hospital, Khon Kaen, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Kingdom of Thailand
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Goesling J, Clauw DJ, Hassett AL. Pain and depression: an integrative review of neurobiological and psychological factors. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2013; 15:421. [PMID: 24214740 DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0421-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The comorbidity of pain and depression has been well established in the literature and is associated with a greater burden to the individual and society than either condition alone. The relationship between pain and depression is quite complex and multiple factors must be considered when trying to disentangle the pain-depression link including shared neurobiology, precipitating environmental factors and cognitive influences. This article aims to provide an overview of the leading neurobiological and psychosocial theories that have advanced our understanding of the link between pain and depression. To this end we describe the shared neurobiological mechanisms in the brain thought to explain the overlap and consider psychological processes and how they inform a cognitive behavioral model. The article also provides an overview of the evidence based treatment for comorbid pain and depression.
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- Jenna Goesling
- Department of Anesthesiology, Back & Pain Center, University of Michigan, Burlington Building 1, Suite 100, 325 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108, USA,
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