Persistent pain biases item response on the geriatric depression scale (GDS): Preliminary evidence for validity of the GDS-PAIN

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Karp, Jordan F ^a,b,c   Rudy, Thomas ^a,b   Weiner, Debra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Pain; Depression; Geriatric; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RASCH ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38949103389     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00406.x     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Campbell LC, Clauw DJ, Keefe FJ. Persistent pain and depression: A biopsychosocial perspective. Biol Psychiatry 2003;54(3): 399-409.
2. Banks S, Kerns RD. Explaining high rates of depression in chronic pain: A diathesis-stress framework. Psychol Bull 1996;119:95-110.
3. Katon W, Sullivan M, Walker E. Medical symptoms without identified pathology. Ann Intern Med 2001;134:917-25.
4. Katon W, Sullivan MD. Depression and chronic medical illness. J Clin Psychiatry 1990;51(suppl):3-11; discussion 2-4.
5. Wells KB, Stewart A, Hays RD, et al. The functioning and well-being of depressed patients. Results from the medical outcomes study [See comment]. JAMA 1989;262(7): 914-9.
6. Penninx BW, Geerlings SW, Deeg DJ, et al. Minor and major depression and the risk of death in older persons [See comment]. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999;56(10):889-95.
7. Helme RD, Gibson SJ. The epidemiology of pain in elderly people. Clin Geriatr Med 2001;17(3):417-31.
8. Ross MM, Crook J. Elderly recipients of home nursing services: Pain, disability and functional competence. J Adv Nurs 1998;27(6):1117-26.
9. Mobily P, Herr K, Clark M, Wallace R. An epidemiologic analysis of pain in the elderly: The Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study. J Aging Health 1994;6:139-54.
10. Kim Y, Pilkonis PA, Frank E, Thase ME, Reynolds CF. Differential functioning of the Beck depression inventory in late-life patients: Use of item response theory. Psychol Aging 2002;17(3):379-91.
11. Talley J. Geriatric depression: Avoiding the pitfalls of primary care. Geriatrics 1987;42(4):53-60.
12. Casten RJ, Parmelee PA, Kleban MH, Lawton MP, Katz IR. The relationships among anxiety, depression, and pain in a geriatric institutionalized sample. Pain 1995;61(2):271-6.
13. Varma VK, Chaturvedi SK, Malhotra A, Chari P. Psychiatric symptoms in patients with non-organic chronic intractable pain. Indian J Med Res 1991;94:60-3.
14. Koleck M, Mazaux JM, Rascle N, Bruchon-Schweitzer M. Psycho-social factors and coping strategies as predictors of chronic evolution and quality of life in patients with low back pain: A prospective study. Eur J Pain 2006;10(1):1-11.
15. Roth RS, Geisser ME, Theisen-Goodvich M, Dixon PJ. Cognitive complaints are associated with depression, fatigue, female sex, and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005;86(6):1147-54.
16. Weiner DK, Rudy TE, Morrow L, Slaboda J, Lieber S. The relationship between pain, neuropsychological performance, and physical function in community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain. Pain Med 2006;7(1):60-70.
17. Karp JF, Reynolds CF, Butters MA, et al. The relationship between pain and mental flexibility in older adult pain clinic patients. Pain Med 2006;7(5):444-52.
18. Gold DT. The clinical impact of vertebral fractures: Quality of life in women with osteoporosis. Bone 1996;18(3suppl):185S-9S.
19. Krol B, Sanderman R, Suurmeijer T, et al. Disease characteristics, level of self-esteem and psychological well-being in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Scand J Rheumatol 1994;23(1):8-12.
20. Barkin RL, Barkin SJ, Barkin DS. Perception, assessment, treatment, and management of pain in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med 2005;21(3):465-90.
21. Holland P, Wainer H. Differential Item Functioning. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 1993.
22. Camilli G, Shepard L. Methods for Identifying Biased Test Items. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 1994.
23. Yesavage JA, Brink TL, Rose TL, etal. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report. J Psychiatr Res 1982;17(1):37-49.
24. Herr KA, Garand L. Assessment and measurement of pain in older adults. Clin Geriatr Med 2001;17(3):457-78.
25. Taylor LJ, Harris J, Epps CD, Herr K. Psychometric evaluation of selected pain intensity scales for use with cognitively impaired and cognitively intact older adults. Rehabil Nurs 2005;30(2):55-61.
26. Rudy TE, Weiner DK, Lieber SJ, Slaboda J, Boston JR. The impact of chronic low back pain on older adults: A comparative study of patients and controls. Pain 2007;131:293-301.
27. Weiner DK, Rudy TE, Glick RM, et al. Efficacy of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic low back pain in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51(5):599-608.
28. Folstein M, Folstein, McHugh PR. Mini-Mental State: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 1975;12:189-98.
29. Linn BS, Linn MW, Gurel L. Cumulative illness rating scale. J Am Geriatr Soc 1968;16(5):622-6.
30. Yesavage JA, Brink TL, Rose TL, et al. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report. J Psychiatr Res 1983;17(1):37-49.
31. Burke WJ, Roccaforte WH, Wengel SP, Conley DM, Potter JF. The reliability and validity of the geriatric depression rating scale administered by telephone. J Am Geriatr Soc 1995;43(6):674-9.
32. Hamilton M. A rating scale for depression. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1960;23:56-62.
33. Melzack R. The short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain 1987;30(2):191-7.
34. Weiner D, Pieper C, McConnell E, Martinez S, Keefe F. Pain measurement in elders with chronic low back pain: Traditional and alternative approaches. Pain 1996;67(2-3):461-7.
35. Gagliese L, Melzack R. Chronic pain in elderly people. Pain 1997;70(1):3-14.
36. Crum RM, Anthony JC, Bassett SS, Folstein MF. Population-based norms for the mini-mental state examination by age and educational level [See comment]. JAMA 1993;269(18):2386-91.
37. Linacre J, Wright B. WINSTEPS: Multiple-Choice, Rating Scale, and Partial Credit Rasch Analysis (Computer Software). Chicago, IL: Mesa Press; 2002.
38. Bond T, Fox C. Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; 2001.
39. Brink T, Yesavage J, Lum O, et al. Screening tests for geriatric depression. Clin Gerontol 1982; 1: 37-44.
40. Gesztelyi G, Bereczki D. Determinants of disability in everyday activities differ in primary and cervicogenic headaches and in low back pain. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006;60(3):271-6.
41. Horng Y-S, Hwang Y-H, Wu H-C, etal. Predicting health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain. Spine 2005;30(5):551-5.
42. Lichtenstein MJ, Dhanda R, Cornell JE, Escalante A, Hazuda HP. Disaggregating pain and its effect on physical functional limitations. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1998;53(5):M361-71.
43. Reid MC, Guo Z, Towle VR, Kerns RD, Concato J. Pain-related disability among older male veterans receiving primary care. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2002;57(11):M727-32.
44. Parmelee P, Harralson T, Smith L, Schumacher H. Necessary and discretionary activities in arthritis: Do they mediate the pain-depression relationship. Pain Med 2007;8(5):449-61.
45. Avlund K, Rantanen T, Schroll M. Tiredness and subsequent disability in older adults: The role of walking limitations. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006;61(11):1201-5.
46. Wijeratne C, Hickie I, Davenport T. Is there an independent somatic symptom dimension in older people? J Psychosom Res 2006;61(2):197-204.
47. Abramson LY, Metalsky GI, Alloy LB. Hopelessness depression: A theory-based subtype of depression. Psychol Rev 1989;96(2):358-72.
48. Smith TW, Peck JR, Ward JR. Helplessness and depression in rheumatoid arthritis. Health Psychol 1990;9(4):377-89.
49. Butters MA, Bhalla RK, Mulsant BH, etal. Executive functioning, illness course, and relapse/recurrence in continuation and maintenance treatment of late-life depression: Is there a relationship? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2004;12(4):387-94.
50. Elderkin-Thompson V, Kumar A, Bilker WB, et al. Neuropsychological deficits among patients with late-onset minor and major depression. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2003;18(5):529-49.
51. Lockwood KA, Alexopoulos GS, Kakuma T, Van Gorp WG. Subtypes of cognitive impairment in depressed older adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2000;8(3):201-8.
52. Wetherell JL, Le Roux H, Gatz M. DSM-IV criteria for generalized anxiety disorder in older adults: Distinguishing the worried from the well. Psychol Aging 2003;18(3):622-7.
53. Lenze EJ, Mulsant BH, Mohlman J, et al. Generalized anxiety disorder in late life: Lifetime course and comorbidity with major depressive disorder. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2005;13(1):77-80.
54. DeLuca AK, Lenze EJ, Mulsant BH, etal. Comorbid anxiety disorder in late life depression: Association with memory decline over four years. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2005;20(9):848-54.
55. Calabrese SK, Lyness JM, Sorensen S, Duberstein PR. Personality and the association of pain and depression. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006;14(6):546-9.
56. Romano JM, Turner JA. Chronic pain and depression: Does the evidence support a relationship? Psychol Bull 1985;97(1):18-34.
57. Ranga Rama Krishnan K, France RD, Pelton SZ. Chronic pain and depression: I. classification of depression in chronic low back pain patients. Pain 1985;22(3):279-87.
58. Wilson KG, Mikail SF, D'Eon JL, Minns JE. Alternative diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder in patients with chronic pain. Pain 2001;91(3):227-34.
59. Arnow BA, Hunkeler EM, Blasey CM, etal. Comorbid depression, chronic pain, and disability in primary care. Psychosom Med 2006;68(2):262-8.
60. Giesecke T, Gracely RH, Williams DA, et al. The relationship between depression, clinical pain, and experimental pain in a chronic pain cohort. Arthritis Rheum 2005;52(5):1577-84.
61. Schatzberg AF. The relationship of chronic pain and depression. J Clin Psychiatry 2004;65(suppl12):3-4.
62. Taylor R, Lovibond PF, Nicholas MK, Cayley C, Wilson PH. The utility of somatic items in the assessment of depression in patients with chronic pain: A comparison of the Zung self-rating depression scale and the depression anxiety stress scales in chronic pain and clinical and community samples. Clin J Pain 2005;21(1):91-100.
63. Turner JA, Ersek M, Kemp C. Self-efficacy for managing pain is associated with disability, depression, and pain coping among retirement community residents with chronic pain. J Pain 2005;6(7):471-9.
64. Spitzer R, Gibbon M, Williams J. Structured Clinical Interview for Axis I DSM-IV Disorders (SCID). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Press; 1995.
65. Montgomery SA, Asberg M. A new depression scale designed to be sensitive to change. Br J Psychiatry 1979;134:382-9.
66. Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Burke LB, et al. Developing patient-reported outcome measures for pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 2006;125(3):208-15.