Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Patients With Chronic Pain Syndrome: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

BACKGROUNDSevere persistent pain is a significant stressful experience and it possibly causes psychiatric morbidities. Most of doctors working in chronic pain management apart from psychiatrist believes that worries and distress of patients with chronic pain can be consider as normal response to a chronic stress. This study aims to measure the prevalence of psychiatric co morbidities in patients with chronic pain, its relation with severity of pain and to compare the common screening questionnaires to valid diagnostic interview.