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Article: The differential mediating effects of pain and depression on the physical and mental dimension of quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults
Title | The differential mediating effects of pain and depression on the physical and mental dimension of quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults |
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Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hqlo.com/home/ |
Citation | Health And Quality Of Life Outcomes, 2010, v. 8 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: The impact of pain and depression on health-related quality of life (QoL) is widely investigated, yet the pain-depression interactions on QoL remain unclear. This study aims to examine the pain-depression-QoL mediation link.Methods: Pain severity were assessed in a sample of Chinese professional teachers (n = 385). The subjects were also assessed on depressive symptoms and QoL. Regression models were fitted to evaluate the pain-depression-QoL relationships.Results: About 44% of the sample had 3-5 painful areas in the past 3 months. Shoulder pain (60%) and headache (53%) were common painful areas. The results of regression analyses showed that pain mediated the effects of depression on the mental aspect of QoL (standardized β = -0.111; Sobel test: z = -3.124, p < 0.005) whereas depression mediated the effects of pain on the physical aspect of QoL (standardized β = -0.026; Sobel test: z = -4.045, p < 0.001).Conclusions: Our study offered tentative evidence that pain and depression impacted differently on the mental and physical aspect of QoL. As these findings were based on a Chinese teacher sample, future studies should employ more representative samples across cultures to verify the present data. © 2010 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86718 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.140 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, WS | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, STM | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Fung, VBK | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Fielding, R | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:20:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:20:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Health And Quality Of Life Outcomes, 2010, v. 8 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-7525 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86718 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: The impact of pain and depression on health-related quality of life (QoL) is widely investigated, yet the pain-depression interactions on QoL remain unclear. This study aims to examine the pain-depression-QoL mediation link.Methods: Pain severity were assessed in a sample of Chinese professional teachers (n = 385). The subjects were also assessed on depressive symptoms and QoL. Regression models were fitted to evaluate the pain-depression-QoL relationships.Results: About 44% of the sample had 3-5 painful areas in the past 3 months. Shoulder pain (60%) and headache (53%) were common painful areas. The results of regression analyses showed that pain mediated the effects of depression on the mental aspect of QoL (standardized β = -0.111; Sobel test: z = -3.124, p < 0.005) whereas depression mediated the effects of pain on the physical aspect of QoL (standardized β = -0.026; Sobel test: z = -4.045, p < 0.001).Conclusions: Our study offered tentative evidence that pain and depression impacted differently on the mental and physical aspect of QoL. As these findings were based on a Chinese teacher sample, future studies should employ more representative samples across cultures to verify the present data. © 2010 Wong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hqlo.com/home/ | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | en_HK |
dc.rights | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | en_HK |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Depression - classification - etiology | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Health Status Indicators | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Mental Health | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Pain - classification - psychology | - |
dc.subject.mesh | Quality of Life | - |
dc.title | The differential mediating effects of pain and depression on the physical and mental dimension of quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=1477-7525&volume=8, article no. 1&spage=&epage=&date=2010&atitle=The+differential+mediating+effects+of+pain+and+depression+on+the+physical+and+mental+dimension+of+quality+of+life+in+Hong+Kong+Chinese+adults | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Fielding, R:fielding@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Fielding, R=rp00339 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1477-7525-8-1 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 20053296 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC2821366 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-76749113854 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 169119 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-76749113854&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000274778900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, WS=7403972073 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chan, STM=35487017700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Fung, VBK=35487240400 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Fielding, R=7102200484 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 6501389 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1477-7525 | - |