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Title: | Comparison of pain intensity, emotional status and disability level in patients with chronic neck and low back pain | Authors: | Altuğ, Filiz Kavlak, E. Kurtca, M.P. Ünal, A. Cavlak, U. |
Keywords: | Chronic low back pain Neck Disability Index neck pain Oswestry Disability Index adult Article Beck Depression Inventory chronic pain clinical article disability disability severity disease duration emotion female human low back pain male pain intensity priority journal visual analog scale comparative study middle aged pain measurement psychology severity of illness index treatment outcome Adult Chronic Pain Disability Evaluation Emotions Female Humans Low Back Pain Male Middle Aged Neck Pain Pain Measurement Severity of Illness Index Treatment Outcome |
Publisher: | IOS Press | Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: This study was planned to compare of pain, emotional status and disability level in patients with chronic neck pain and low back pain. METHODS: In this study, fifty patients with chronic low back pain (Group I) and fifty patients with chronic neck pain (Group II) at least 6 months were evaluated. A Visual Analog Scale was used to describe pain intensity. To determine emotional status of the subjects, the Beck Depression Scale was used The Oswestry Disability Index and the Neck Disability Index were used to evaluate disability level. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients with low back pain and neck pain were 39.70 ± 9.71 years, 45.44 ± 10.39 years, respectively. It was not found a significant difference between in low back pain (Group I) and neck pain (Group II) in results of pain intensity (p = 0.286) and pain duration (p = 0.382). It was found a significant difference between group I and group II in results of emotional status (p = 0.000) and disability level (p = 0.000). The emotional status and disability level scores were found highest in patient's with low back pain. CONCLUSION: Chronic low back pain is affect in patients than chronic neck pain as a emotional status and disability level. © 2015 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/10252 https://doi.org/10.3233/BMR-140548 |
ISSN: | 1053-8127 |
Appears in Collections: | Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Yüksekokulu Koleksiyonu PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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