Pain Processing in Anxiety and Depression

Danish Pain Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression; Anxiety; Pain

Treatments: Other: Observation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00560196

PAD2007LG

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate pain, anxiety and depression in patients with panic anxiety disorders without pain or depression without pain compared with healthy volunteers

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with panic disorder or depression

Exclusion criteria

• Treatment with antidepressants, anticonvulsants or any other pain medication except paracetamol, SSRI and benzodiazepines
• Serious or unstable medical disease
• Prior or present diagnosis of mania, bipolar or psychotic disorder, delirium, suicidal, drug and alcohol dependence, severe agitation
• Patients who cannot cooperate and do not understand Danish

Trial design

71 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Description:

Patients with panic anxiety disorder without pain

Treatment:

Other: Observation

2

Description:

Patients with depression without pain

Treatment:

Other: Observation

3

Description:

Healthy controls

Treatment:

Other: Observation