Table 4.
Characteristics of Pain for Residents Reporting Pain Stratified by Depression/Anxiety Disorder (N = 151,283)
| Pain Assessment Item | Depression & Anxiety Disorder (n = 40,910) |
Depression without Anxiety Disorder (n = 78,310) |
Anxiety Disorder without Depression (n = 32,063) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | |||
| Pain frequency | |||
| Almost constantly | 15.4 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
| Frequently | 38.2 | 35.3 | 36.9 |
| Occasionally | 38.8 | 43.0 | 41.2 |
| Rarely | 5.9 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| Unable to answer | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Effect of pain on functioning | |||
| Pain has made it hard to sleep at night | 29.8 | 25.2 | 28.5 |
| Day-to-day activities have been limited because of pain | 40.2 | 37.3 | 38.1 |
| Pain intensity of worst pain in prior 5 days | |||
| Mild | 21.1 | 23.2 | 22.0 |
| Moderate | 44.1 | 45.6 | 45.0 |
| Severe | 24.8 | 22.9 | 23.5 |
| Very severe, horrible | 9.9 | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| Pain management | |||
| Combination | 62.9 | 59.8 | 61.6 |
| Scheduled only | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| pro re nata only | 25.2 | 26.4 | 27.6 |
| Non-medication intervention only | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| No management | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.8 |
Missing: frequency: n = 2,391; affects sleep: n = 2,528; affects daily activities: n = 2,996; intensity: n = 3,694; management: n = 633.