Prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress as comorbid factors in patients with chronic pain seeking help by German pain specialists "DEPAS-PAIN"

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  Analysis is done on depersonalized data of patients participating in the German Pain e-Registry who completed their first registry report until December31st, 2024. ; All available patient data were used for this analysis.
• Age groups:
  • In utero
  • Paediatric Population (< 18 years)

    • Neonate

      • Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
      • Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
    • Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
    • Children (2 to < 12 years)
    • Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
  • Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)

    • Adults (18 to < 65 years)

      • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
      • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
    • Elderly (≥ 65 years)

      • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
      • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
      • Adults (85 years and over)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  400000

Study design details

• Study design:
  Retrospective exploratory cross-sectional analysis of the depersonalized as-reported data provided by the German Pain e-Registry.
• Main study objective:
  Prevalence, severity and relevance of depression, anxiety and mood in patients suffering from chronic and/or difficult-to-treat pain who seek help of pain specialists in Germany.
• Setting:
  Retrospective analysis of depersonalized real-world/routine data gathered according to national legislative standards by German pain specialists.
• Comparators:
  None
• Outcomes:
  None
• Data analysis plan:
  This is an exploratory descriptive analysis of depersonalized real-world data as it has been reported as part of the routine evaluation during the first contact of the patients with a German pain specialist. ; All parameters that were gathered according to national standards, guidance of the national German Pain Associations and recommendation of the German pain patient organizations will be analysed.