Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Jessica M Brooks; John Blake; Jennifer Sánchez; Elias Mpofu; Jia-Rung Wu; Xiangli Chen; Jonathan Nauser; Brandi P Cotton; Stephen J Bartels

doi:10.1007/s10597-019-00403-x

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Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

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Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Jessica M Brooks, John Blake, Jennifer Sánchez, Elias Mpofu, Jia-Rung Wu, Xiangli Chen, Jonathan Nauser, Brandi P Cotton and Stephen J Bartels

Community mental health journal, Vol.55(8), pp.1298-1304

11/2019

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00403-x

PMCID: PMC7053180

PMID: 31098766

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Abstract

Older adults with schizophrenia have some of the highest rates of both medical and psychiatric comorbidities. Despite this, little is known about comorbid pain and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia research. This study aimed to examine the associations between levels of pain intensity and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Recruited from U.S. community mental health centers, participants reported on pain and depressive symptoms at the onset of the Helping Older People Experience Success (HOPES) study. Unadjusted and adjusted regression analyses were conducted. Higher pain intensity was associated with elevated depressive symptoms in all analyses, which is consistent with other studies in the general population. Given the widespread efforts to manage pain and related mental health complications in older adults without serious mental illnesses, it is likewise important that community-based mental health professionals monitor and address intense pain and related depressive symptoms among older adults with schizophrenia.

Depressive symptoms

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Older adults

Pain intensity

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Title: Subtitle: Self-Reported Pain Intensity and Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Creators: Jessica M Brooks - Centers for Health and Aging, Lebanon, NH, USA
John Blake - West Virginia University
Jennifer Sánchez - University of Iowa
Elias Mpofu - University of North Texas
Jia-Rung Wu - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xiangli Chen - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jonathan Nauser - West Virginia University
Brandi P Cotton - University of Rhode Island
Stephen J Bartels - Centers for Health and Aging, Lebanon, NH, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Community mental health journal, Vol.55(8), pp.1298-1304
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00403-x
PMID: 31098766
PMCID: PMC7053180
NLM abbreviation: Community Ment Health J
ISSN: 0010-3853
eISSN: 1573-2789
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000025, name: National Institute of Mental Health, award: T32 MH073553-11; name: The Dartmouth Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research Center, award: Cooperative Agreement Number U48DP005018)
Language: English
Date published: 11/2019
Academic Unit: Counselor Education
Record Identifier: 9983993489502771

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