Objective: To determine the current status for the association of chronic pain and depression
and to review the evidence for whether depression is an antecedent or consequence of …

Chronic pain and depressive illness are debilitating disease states that are variably resistant
to currently available therapeutic agents. Animal models of chronic pain are associated with …

Objective To estimate the US prevalence and psychological and health behavior correlates
of low back pain and/or neck pain. No current US national prevalence estimates of low back …

Objective. Chronic pain and cognitive impairment are prevalent and disabling in older adults
(OA), but their interrelationship has not been rigorously tested. We did so in OA with chronic …

The factor structure and normative data for the Pain Disability Index (PDI) were examined in
a large (N= 1,059) sample of chronic pain patients. The results support a one-factor solution …

Aim. This paper reports a study testing the effect of music on power, pain, depression and
disability, and comparing the effects of researcher‐provided music (standard music) with …

Chronic pain adversely affects individuals' physical as well as emotional well-being. A
cognitive-behavioral model has been proposed to explain the role of cognitive appraisal …

Background: This systematic review aims to investigate the association between comorbid
mental disorders and quality of life (QoL) in patients with chronic medical diseases …

Objective. To determine the relationships between low back pain (LBP) frequency and
intensity and self-reported and performance-based physical function in a large cohort of well …

Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare persist in the US Although pain is one of the most
prevalent and disabling symptoms of disease, only a few studies have assessed disparities …