Of the patient-related psychosocial factors, depressive
symptoms are the most well-studied in pediatric chronic
pain. Higher levels of depressive symptoms are consistently
found to be related to overall functional disability
(Gauntlett-Gilbert & Eccleston, 2007; Kashikar-Zuck
et al., 2002; Logan et al., 2008; Reid et al., 1997) and
Logan et al.