Psychological aspects of low back pain in patients with radiculopathy and without any clinical signs
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Abstract:
Background and
Purpose
Back pain is prevalent world wide. Çhronic low back pain is a complex condition produced by multiple factors. This study investigated the psychological aspects of low back pain in patients with radiculopathy and without any clinical signs. Materials And Methods
 total of 112 subjects participated in this descriptive study, of them 56 patients (33 female and 23 male) had low back pain without any clinical signs and a control group of 56 subjects (22 female and 34 male) had low back pain with radiculopathy. Psychological aspects were evaluated by the Persian version of symptoms check list-90-revised (SÇL-90-R) and demographics questionnaire. SPSS was used for analysis of the collected data and variables were compared by t-test. Results
Ïn this study, Psychiatric problem was significantly higher in females (X2= 4.32, df=1, P= 0.03). From marital point of view, the significance between the groups was important (X2=9.33, df=1, P= 0.002). Level of education and profession was not important between the groups. The patients had higher score in all scales of SÇL-90-R. (P=0.000). Çollected data were analyzed by t test. Çonclusion: These findings indicate that low back pain patients without any clinical signs have an increased occurrence of coexistent psychological distress.Keywords:
Low back pain , mental health , SÇL , 90 , R , sari
Language:
Persian
Published:
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Volume:16 Issue: 52, 2006
Pages:
57 to 63
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