Open AccessReciprocal Effects Between Depressive Symptoms and Pain in Veterans over 50 Years of Age or Older
Author(s) -
Sarah Griffin,
Jonathan R. Young,
Jennifer C. Naylor,
Kelli D. Allen,
Jean C. Beckham,
Patrick S. Calhoun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnab294
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , observational study , medicine , depressive symptoms , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , population , trait , chronic pain , pain catastrophizing , psychiatry , clinical psychology , cognition , environmental health , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Depression and chronic pain are major problems in American veterans, yet there is limited long-term research examining how they relate to one another in this population. This study examined the relationship between depressive symptoms and pain in U.S. veterans 50 years of age or older.