Papers by Muhammad Murtaza Ali Siddiqui
The Korean journal of pain, 2018
We aimed to investigate the prevalence of unrecognized depression in patients with chronic pain, ... more We aimed to investigate the prevalence of unrecognized depression in patients with chronic pain, but with no history of psychiatric diseases. Patients with chronic pain who did not have a history of psychiatric disease were selected for this study. The Beck Depression Index (BDI) was used to evaluate depression. Participants' socio-demographic characteristics and pain-related characteristics were also recorded. The study included 94 consecutive patients with chronic pain (28 men and 66 women). Based on the BDI scores, 33/94 (35.1%) patients with chronic pain had comorbid depression. The prevalence of depression was significantly higher in our cohort than it was in the general population ( < 0.001). The standardized incidence ratio, adjusted for age and sex, was 2.77 in men and 2.60 in women. Patients who were unmarried (odds ratio [OR] = 3.714, = 0.044), and who had subjective sleep disturbance (OR = 8.885, < 0.001), were more likely to have moderate to severe depression. ...
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Papers by Muhammad Murtaza Ali Siddiqui