Pain-Related Anxiety Mediates the Relationship between Depressive Symptoms and Pain Interference in Veterans with Hepatitis C

Depression and chronic pain are common in persons chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), although little is known about the rate of co-occurrence or mechanisms by which they are associated. We evaluated whether pain-related anxiety mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and pain-related physical functioning in patients with HCV.

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - July 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Melissa H. Adams, Travis I. Lovejoy, Dennis C. Turk, Steven K. Dobscha, Peter Hauser, Benjamin J. Morasco Source Type: research