Table 3 Pain location and intensity
From: Quality of life and pain in premenopausal women with major depressive disorder: The POWER Study
Location of pain | Controls n = 36 | MDD n = 70 | P |
|---|---|---|---|
head/neck | 16.7% | 48.6% | 0.0008 |
no pain | 63.9% | 42.9% | n.s. |
legs | 8.3% | 22.9% | n.s. |
back | 11.1% | 20% | n.s. |
arms | 5.6% | 17.1% | n.s. |
generalized | 0% | 4.2% | n.s. |
Brief Pain Inventory | n = 19 | n = 53 | |
Intensity of current pain | 0.2 +/- 0.5 | 1 +/- 1.8 | n.s. |