Pain-related distress and clinical depression in chronic pain: A comparison between two measures

Conclusions The HADS-D is a reasonably accurate indicator of pain-related distress in chronic pain patients, and captures the link between disability and mood. Implications It is likely that the SCID-D is better suited to identifying sub-groups with more pronounced psychiatric disturbance. Perspective Several reviews have proposed a distinction between pain-related distress and clinical depression. This study compared the overlap and differential categorisation of pain patients as depressed and the relationship to disability between the Structured Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-D; Depression module) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D).
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research