Association between painful physical symptoms and clinical outcomes in East Asian patients with major depressive disorder: a 3-month prospective observational study

• Main Authors: Ang, Q.Q., Wing, Y.K., He, Y., Sulaiman, A., Chiu, N.Y., Shen, Y.C., Wang, G., Zhang, C., Lee, K.H., Singh, P., Granger, R.E., Raskin, J., Dossenbach, M.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: BF Psychology; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10982/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02107.x/full

Aims: Reports from non-Asian populations indicate that painful physical symptoms (PPS) are associated with poorer clinical and functional outcomes in major depressive disorder (MDD). The purpose of this study is to report comparative changes in disease severity, treatment patterns and quality of lif...