Chronic pain and depression: study with 92 patients

O estudo objetivou analisar a existência de relações entre dor e depressão em noventa e dois doentes com doença oncológica avançada. Os doentes foram divididos em 2 grupos, com ou sem dor na semana anterior à entrevista. Havia dor em 62,0% dos avaliados, a duração média do quadro álgico foi 10 meses e a maioria referiu dor moderada. Os indivíduos do grupo com dor apresentaram escores de depressão significativamente mais altos que os do grupo sem dor (pWas examined the influence of depression in the ocurrence and pain intensity. Patients presenting advanced cancer (n=92) were evaluated. The patients were divided in 2 groups, with or without pain during the week preceding the interview. Pain and depression were evaluated. Pain was observed in 62,0% of the cases and lasted 10 months as an average. It was moderate in the majority of patients and severe in 115 of them. Depression was related with the presence and intensity of pain. Patients with pain presented higher depression scores than patients without pain (