Psychosomatic medicine
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Psychosomatic medicine · Nov 2004
Comparative StudyThe relationship of somatization and depression to experimental pain response in women with temporomandibular disorders.
Patients with temporomandibular pain disorders (TMD) have greater experimental pain perception when compared with pain-free controls. Common psychological features of TMD include somatization and depression. The impact of depression on experimental pain perception has received considerable attention. However, the role of somatization on experimental pain in a chronic pain population has not been explored. ⋯ These findings suggest that depression and somatization are associated with different measures of experimental pain. Somatization may be related to more attentional and perceptual measures of clinically relevant pain while depression may be related to more behavioral measures of pain.
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Psychosomatic medicine · Nov 2004
The association between anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms in a large population: the HUNT-II study.
Somatic symptoms are prevalent in the community, but at least one third of the symptoms lack organic explanation. Patients with such symptoms have a tendency to overuse the health care system with frequent consultations and have a high degree of disability and sickness compensation. Studies from clinical samples have shown that anxiety and depression are prevalent in such functional conditions. The aim of this study is to examine the connection between anxiety, depression, and functional somatic symptoms in a large community sample. ⋯ There was a statistically significant relationship between anxiety, depression, and functional somatic symptoms, independent of age and gender.