MedPage Today March 7, 2025
— Researchers call for new chronic pain treatments that also address depression, anxiety
Key Takeaways
- About 40% of adults with chronic pain had clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- Around 37% met the diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, and 16.7% met criteria for generalized anxiety disorder.
- Symptoms of depression and anxiety were most common among those with fibromyalgia, reported in about 55%.
Roughly two in five adults living with chronic pain had depression and anxiety symptoms, a large systematic review and meta-analysis found.
Among 347,468 individuals who had lived with persistent pain for over 3...
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