{"paper_id":"ccac6053-4b0c-4b99-9ffb-748d53eae823","body_text":"Summary\nUsing the Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire (MHQ) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) psychological distress was measured in 30 women who underwent laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain and in 30 matched controls. Both organic pelvic pain patients (OPPs) and idiopathic pelvic pain patients (IPPs) reported higher scores for somatisation than controls. IPPs scored higher than OPPs and controls on the Zung SDS, while no difference emerged in this scale between OPPs and controls. No correlations were found between age or duration of symptoms and somatisation and depression scores. On the basis of the above reported results the authors suggest that some forms of idiopathic chronic pelvic pain might represent an expression of a depressive disorder.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nBasu HK (1981) Pelvic pain. Br J Hosp Med. 26: 150–159\nBlumer D, Heilbronn M (1982) Chronic pain as a variant of depressive disease. J Nerv Ment Dis 170: 381–406\nCrown S, Crisp AH (1966) A short clinical diagnostic self-rating scale for psychoneurotic patients. The Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire. Br J Psychiatry 112: 917–923\nDuncan CH, Taylor HC (1952) A psychosomatic study of pelvic congestion. Am J Obstet Gynecol 64: 1–12\nHameroff SR, Cork RC, Scharer K, Crago BR, Neuman C, Womble JR, Davis TP (1982) Doxepin effects on chronic pain, depression and plasma oppioids. J Clin Psychiatry 43: 22–26\nLundberg WI, Wall JE, Mathers JE (1973) Laparoscopy in evaluation of pelvic pain. Obstet Gynecol 42: 872–876\nMagni G, De Leo D, Grassetto M (1981) Depression and physical illness. Psychother Psychosom 36: 129–131\nMagni G, De Bertolini C, Dodi G (1982) Treatment of perineal neuralgia with antidepressants. J R Soc Med 75: 214–215\nMagni G, De Bertolini C (1983) Chronic pain as a depressive equivalent. Postgrad Med 73: 79–85\nMagni G, Salmi A, De Leo D, Ceola A (1984) Chronic pelvic pain and depression. Psychopathology 17: 132–136\nRenaer M (1980) Chronic pelvic pain without obvious pathology in women. Europ J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 10: 415–463\nTerenius LY (1980) Biochemical assessment of chronic pain. In: Kosterlitz HW, Terenius LY (eds) Pain and Society. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim\nWard NG, Bloom VL, Friedel RO (1979) The effectiveness of tricyclic antidepressants in the treatment of coexisting pain and depression. Pain 7: 331–341\nZung, WWK (1965) A self-rating depression scale. Arch Gen Psychiatry 12: 63–70\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nMagni, G., Andreoli, C., de Leo, D. et al. Psychological profile of women with chronic pelvic pain. Arch. Gynecol. 237, 165–168 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02133860\nReceived:\nAccepted:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02133860","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}