Table 3 Self-reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, and insomnia among CMP patients in primary health care (N = 517), grouped by number of pain sites. Symptom score is presented for as mean and Standard Deviation (SD), number of cases of anxiety and depression are presented in number of participants and percent (%)
Mental health symptoms | Number of pain sites | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–2 n = 193 | 3–5 n = 204 | 6–8 n = 70 | 9–12 n = 19 | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P-value | |
Anxiety score | 3.9 ± 3.0 | 5.6 ± 4.0 | 8.3 ± 4.7 | 3.9 ± 3.7 | ˂0.01 |
Borderline anxietya, n (%) | 10 (5.1) | 21 (10.6) | 17 (23.6) | 4 (20.0) | ˂0.01 |
Clinical anxietyb, n (%) | 0 | 3 (1.5) | 5 (6.9) | 0 | ˂0.01 |
Depression score | 2.1 ± 2.4 | 3.4 ± 3.4 | 5.5 ± 4.0 | 4.4 ± 3.9 | ˂0.01 |
Borderline depressiona, n (%) | 3 (1.6) | 10 (4.9) | 9 (12.9) | 2 (10.5) | ˂0.01 |
Clinical depressionb, n (%) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | ˂0.01 |
Mental fatigue score | 3.9 ± 1.3 | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 5.8 ± 2.2 | 5.5 ± 2.7 | ˂0.01 |
Physical fatigue score | 7.6 ± 3.0 | 10.0 ± 3.6 | 12.3 ± 3.6 | 11.3 ± 4.5 | ˂0.01 |
Insomnia score | 4.8 ± 4.6 | 8.5 ± 6.1 | 11.6 ± 6.7 | 10.5 ± 5.3 | ˂0.01 |