Table 4.
Self-reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, and insomnia among CMP patients in primary health care (N = 517), grouped by pain intensity. Symptoms score is presented as mean and Standard Deviation (SD), number of cases of anxiety and depression are presented in number of participants and percent (%)
| Mental health symptoms | Pain intensity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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None/very mild n = 222 |
Mild n = 185 |
Moderate n = 68 |
Severe n = 3 |
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
| Anxiety score | 4.4 ± 3.4 | 6.1 ± 4.1 | 7.2 ± 4.4 | 7.7 ± 4.9 | ˂0.001 |
| Borderline anxietya n (%) | 11 (5.0) | 25 (13.5) | 14 (20.6) | 1 (33.3) | ˂0.001 |
| Clinical anxietyb n (%) | 2 (0.9) | 3 (1.6) | 3 (4.4) | 0 | ˂0.001 |
| Depression score | 2.5 ± 2.5 | 4.1 ± 3.8 | 4.2 ± 3.2 | 8.3 ± 4.2 | ˂0.001 |
| Borderline depressiona n (%) | 4 (1.8) | 15 (8.0) | 4 (6.0) | 1 (33.3) | ˂0.001 |
| Clinical depressionb n (%) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | ˂0.001 |
| Mental fatigue score | 4.2 ± 1.3 | 4.7 ± 2.0 | 5.1 ± 2.0 | 6.0 ± 3.6 | ˂0.001 |
| Physical fatigue score | 8.5 ± 3.0 | 10.4 ± 3.9 | 11.7 ± 3.7 | 13.3 ± 2.1 | ˂0.001 |
| Insomnia score | 5.8 ± 4.7 | 9.3 ± 6.2 | 11.6 ± 6.5 | 17.7 ± 5.9 | ˂0.001 |
Ordinal variables were analysed by a Kruskal–Wallis one way ANOVA, adjusted for the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests, Pearsons Chi-squared test was used for dichotomous variables. Missing: 31
aBorderline anxiety/depression; defined as Anxiety/Depression score between 8–10
bClinical anxiety/depression; defined as Anxiety/Depression score ˃ 11