Clinical rehabilitation
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Clinical rehabilitation · Jul 2018
The interrelationships among pain interference, depressive symptoms, loneliness, and employment status: a moderated mediation study.
To explore the mediating effect of loneliness on the relationship between pain interference and depressive symptoms and to determine whether this mechanism is contingent on employment status. ⋯ Loneliness provides an important link in the relationship between depressive symptoms and pain interference. Furthermore, employment status is an important factor to consider, especially among individuals reporting disabling pain with comorbid depressive symptoms.