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## Abstract ## Objectives We examined whether chronic pain among depressed geriatric inpatients was associated with several clinical variables—comorbid psychiatric and medical diagnoses, length of hospitalization, suicidal ideation, and sleep duration. ## Methods Medical charts of inpatients admitted to a geriatric psychiatry unit over 2 years were examined retrospectively; 148 patients with a depressive disorder were identified. Admission pain assessments were used to classify whether patients had chronic pain. Other variables of interest were collected from charts. ## Results 62% of patients reported chronic pain. In multivariate regression analysis, depressed older adults with chronic pain were more likely to report suicidal ideation, be diagnosed with personality disorder, have higher medical burden, and experience decreased total sleep time compared to depressed older adults without chronic pain. ## Conclusions Chronic pain—common in depressed older adults—may influence clinical features of depression and should be assessed as a possible suicide risk factor. Prospective studies should examine causal relationships and determine the effects of adequate pain treatment on depressi

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Author

Thomas W. Meeks; Laura B. Dunn; Daniel S. Kim; Shahrokh Golshan; Daniel D. Sewell; J. H. Atkinson; Barry D. Lebowitz

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)