Abstract

PIMENTA, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos; KOIZUMI, Maria Sumie  and  TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen. Chronic pain and depression: study with 92 patients. Rev. esc. enferm. USP [online]. 2000, vol.34, n.1, pp. 76-83. ISSN 0080-6234.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342000000100010.

Was examined the influence of depression in the ocurrence and pain intensity. Patients presenting advanced cancer (n=92) were evaluated. The patients were divided in 2 groups, with or without pain during the week preceding the interview. Pain and depression were evaluated. Pain was observed in 62,0% of the cases and lasted 10 months as an average. It was moderate in the majority of patients and severe in 115 of them. Depression was related with the presence and intensity of pain. Patients with pain presented higher depression scores than patients without pain (p<0,05). Higher pain scores were also correlated with higher depressive scores (p<0,05).

Keywords : Pain; Depression; Pain measurement; Câncer.