MedPage Today (3/7, Monaco ) reported that a large systematic review and meta-analysis found that “about 40% of adults with chronic pain had clinical symptoms of depression and anxiety.” Researchers found that “as for formal diagnoses, 36.7% of people with chronic pain met criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD), and 16.7% met criteria for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).” They noted these rates were “markedly higher than population norms,” which are about “8% and 3%, respectively, for U.S. adult population prevalence.” In addition, “6.3% of chronic pain sufferers met diagnostic criteria for persistent depressive disorder, 7.5% for panic disorder, and 2.2% for social anxiety disorder.” The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
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