Anxiety and Depression Prevalence in a Sample of Patients under Follow-up at the Pain Unit of Fernando Fonseca Hospital
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https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6080Keywords:
pain, depression, anxiety, Gender, HADS, VAS, UnitAbstract
Pain causes emotional distress and decreases quality of life. A significant percentage of pain patients shows depressive and anxiety disorders. To evaluate the prevalence of anxiety and/or depression in the patients followed at Pain Unit of Hospital Fernando Fonseca, HADS was administered. On the sub-scale of anxiety, 63% of women and 15% of men had "high" scores (cut of point of 11 or more). On the sub-scale of depression, 42% of women and 27% of men had "high" scores. The correlation between the Pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and the HADS total scores was found to be statistically significant.
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