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With this study, we wanted to investigate prevalence and risk factors for depression and perceived stress in correlation with symptom relief after surgical treatment. Methods: In this prospective study, patients undergoing microvascular decompression (MVD) for TN were included. The Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Score (BNI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (CPAQ), Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) and McGill questionnaire were used to evaluate depression, stress and anxiety disorders before and 3 months after MVD. Results: A total of 35 patients (16 male (46%)) with a mean age of 55.4 (SD 15) years were included in this study. The BDI revealed that 24 (68.8%) patients harbored mild-to-extreme depression preoperatively (2.4 \u00b1 1.4), which improved to 1.2 (\u00b10.6, p &lt; 0.0001). Pain acceptance also changed from 64 (\u00b111.3) to 67.7 (\u00b19.3, p = 0.006). Perceived stress decreased from 46.9 (\u00b121.9) to 19.6 (\u00b118.6) (p &lt; 0.0001) postoperatively, and pain decreased from 31.0 (\u00b111.7) to 9.4 (\u00b112.9, p &lt; 0.0001). Microvascular decompression reduced the mean BNI pain score significantly from 4.6 to 1.8 postoperatively (p &lt; 0.00001). Conclusions: Depression and perceived stress are prevalent in patients with idiopathic TN. Adequate treatment not only provides a high rate of satisfaction through pain relief, but also leads to immediate and significant improvements in depression and stress. Thus, in patients with TN who do not reach an adequate and timely pain reduction through medical management and develop signs of depression, early treatment with microvascular decompression should be considered.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13082329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]],"date-time":"2024-04-17T10:52:37Z","timestamp":1713351157000},"page":"2329","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Clinical Depression and Anxiety Are Relieved by Microvascular Decompression in Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia\u2014A Prospective Patient-Reported Outcome Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2338-8349","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marlies","family":"Bauer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstra\u00dfe 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0950-426X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aleksandrs","family":"Krigers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstra\u00dfe 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-1768-3542","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Victoria","family":"Schoen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstra\u00dfe 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudius","family":"Thom\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstra\u00dfe 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8228-8217","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christian F.","family":"Freyschlag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstra\u00dfe 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"392","DOI":"10.1136\/practneurol-2020-002782","article-title":"Trigeminal neuralgia: A practical guide","volume":"21","author":"Lambru","year":"2021","journal-title":"Pract. 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