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Douleur chronique et dépression

I. Les problèmes de méthodologie

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Douleur et Analgésie

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Douleur et dépression sont des syndromes fréquemment associés. Un grand nombre de travaux étudient cette relation. La méthodologie est très souvent différente, voire insuffisante ou mal décrite. Nous avons relevé quelques critères qui nous paraisaient les plus importants pour pouvoir comparer les résultats des études et confirmer ou non l’existence de la relation entre douleur et dépression. Notre revue de la littérature montre que la relation entre ces deux symptômes ne peut pas être claire en raison d’une méthodologie le plus souvent insuffisante et que les résultats ne peuvent que rarement être comparés entre eux.

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Pain and depression are frequently associated. Many publications study this relation. The methodology is often different, insufficient or badly described. We pointed out some criteria which represented for us the most important points for comparing the results of the studies and confirm or not the relation between pain and depression. Our review of the literature shows that this relation is not clear and that the results can only rarely be compared.

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  1. Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie médicale, Consultation de la Douleur, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, 24, rue du Môle, 1201, Genève

    P. Rosatti

  2. Unité d’Investigation et de soins, Service de la Recherche biologique et de Psychopharmacologie clinique, Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie, Genève

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Rosatti, P., Bovier, P. Douleur chronique et dépression. Doul. et Analg. 1, 87–91 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03006129

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