Chronic pain and comorbid mental health conditions: independent associations of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression with pain, disability, and quality of life

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 535-543

  Outcalt, Samantha D ^a,b,c   Kroenke, Kurt ^a,b,c   Krebs, Erin E ^d,e   Chumbler, Neale R ^f   Wu, Jingwei ^b   Yu, Zhangsheng ^b   Bair, Matthew J ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Depression; Disability; PTSD; Quality of life; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84939937477     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-015-9628-3     Document Type: Article

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