Disability and Depression Among High Utilizers of Health Care

Relationship of Somatic Symptoms With Depression Severity, Quality of Life, and Health Resources Utilization in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Seeking Primary Health Care in Spain

“…The strongest association with depression severity was found with somatic symptom-related disability. These results are consistent with those reported by Von Korff et al, 26,27 who examined depression levels as a function of different dimensions of chronic pain (intensity, interference with activities, pain days in the prior 6 months, and number of body sites in which a pain problem was reported) among primary care patients by means of a multivariate analysis. These authors found that the interference with activities was a much stronger predictor of depression than pain intensity and that the number of pain sites was significantly associated with depression symptom levels.…”

Characteristics of frequent attenders in different age and sex groups in primary health care

“…One way of finding them is by defining FA as a certain percentage in all age and sex groups. This definition has been described before (22) and used by others (11,12,15). We found only one previous study analysing FA morbidity within different ages, separated by sex (4).…”

Social Fun and Enjoyment: Viable Outcomes in Aquatics for Individuals with Physical Disabilities

“…An acquired physical disability may result in secondary issues related to emotional states as indicated by low positive mood, self-esteem, self-determination, as well as increases in stress levels, anger, anxiety, and depression (Jang, Haley, Small, & Mortimer, 2002;National MS Society, 2002;Von Korff, Ormel, Katon, & Lin, 1992;Wiederholt, 1995). While negative emotions are inevitable and even useful at times, it is important to examine ways to reduce and/or redirect extreme or contextually-inappropriate negative emotions that can cause anxiety disorders (Ohman, 1993), clinical depression (Nolen-Hoeksema, Morrow, & Fredrickson, 1993), and compromised immune function (O'Leary, 1990).…”