BACKGROUND The relationship between pain catastrophizing and emotional disorders including anxiety and depression in osteoarthritic patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is an emerging area of study. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of these factors with preoperative patient characteristics. METHODS A prospective cohort study of preoperative TJA patients u...

BACKGROUND Depressive and anxiety disorders often go unrecognized in distressed primary care patients, despite the overtly psychosocial nature of their demand for help. This is especially problematic in more severe disorders needing specific treatment (e.g. antidepressant pharmacotherapy or specialized cognitive behavioural therapy). The use of a screening tool to detect (more severe) depressiv...

INTRODUCTION Pain drawings have been frequently used in the preoperative evaluation of spine patients. Until now most investigations have focused on low back pain patients, even though pain drawings are used in neck pain patients as well. The aims of this study were to investigate the pain drawing and its association to preoperative demographics, psychological impairment, and pain intensity. ...

PURPOSE We aimed to explore the prevalence of probable sleep and mood disorders in eye clinic visitors. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. The participants were outpatients at six eye clinics from January through March, 2014. Outpatients were invited to complete a questionnaire containing the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). A fina...

Objective Depression is reported to be relatively common in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients. Thus far, however, whether or not depression independently determines the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has not been evaluated exclusively in IPF patients. We designed this study to identify independent determinants of the St. George' s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score among ...

objective: the objective of this study was to determine the ability of non-psychiatric (medical and surgical residents) residents on inpatient units to recognize patients with clinically significant depression and anxiety among a cohort admitted to the dr. shariati hospital in tehran. method: patients within 72 hours of admission underwent screening with the hospital anxiety and depression scal...

BACKGROUND For more than 3 decades, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has successfully been employed to treat neuropathic pain. Psychological factors are assumed to be important for the efficacy of SCS. However, the impact of psychological factors on the outcome of SCS has only rarely been studied. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the influence of psychological factors such as an...

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results indicated that 27% of patients were identified as depressed and 26% were identified as being anxious. Furthermore, research conducted by Cole-King and Harding (2001) suggested that delayed healing of a wound was associated with higher HADS scores — patients who scored in the top 50% were four times more likely to experience delayed wound hea...