Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/10252
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
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