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May 27, 2009
Combined medication, behavioral interventions may help reduce pain, depression in some patients with musculoskeletal pain
HealthDay (5/26, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, "combined" medication "and behavioral interventions helped reduce pain and depression in patients with musculoskeletal pain and coexisting depression."
For the study, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute examined "250 patients who'd had low back, hip, or knee pain for three months or longer, and at least moderate depression," assigning the patients randomly "to either an intervention or usual-care group."
Those "in the intervention group received 12 weeks of individually tailored antidepressant therapy, followed by six sessions of a pain self-management program." After one year, "intervention group participants were more likely to report overall improvement in their pain compared with usual care patients...twice as likely to experience depression response," almost "four times as likely to experience complete remission of depression," and "less likely to have major depression," the authors found.
Related Links:
- "Tailored Treatments Effective for Depression Due to Pain," Robert Preidt, HealthDay, May 26, 2009.
Posted by admin at May 27, 2009 04:05 PM