103 CKD
patients (age = 61.9 ± 7.2, 54 men) and 101 controls (age = 64.51 ± 6.56; 47 men) completed a questionnaire of 5 sections: Pluridimensional Inventory for Haemodialysis Patients (IPPE), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Toronto Alexihymia Scale (TAS - 20), Social Sharing and Mental Rum
patients (
age = 61.9 ± 7.2, 54 men) and 101 controls (
age = 64.51 ± 6.56; 47 men) completed a questionnaire
of 5 sections: Pluridimensional Inventory for Haemodialysis
Patients (IPPE), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Toronto Alexihymia Scale (TAS - 20), Social Sharing and Mental Rum
Patients (IPPE), Multidimensional Scale
of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Toronto Alexihymia Scale (TAS - 20), Social Sharing and Mental Rumination.
Our finding that the severity
of depressive symptoms in our sample
of patients with chronic pain was best correlated with a combination
of heightened catastrophising, reduced sense
of control over life, increased physical disability, lower pain self - efficacy beliefs, higher use
of unhelpful self - management strategies, and lower
perceived social support (after controlling for the possible effects
of age, sex and duration
of pain) is consistent with previous studies
of patients with chronic pain.26 Interestingly, and somewhat contrary to clinical expectations, pain severity, pain - related distress, and fear
of movement / (re) injury were not significantly associated with depressive symptom severity.