Physical Therapy Korea (한국전문물리치료학회지)

Korean Research Society of Physical Therapy (한국전문물리치료학회)
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Pain-Related Fear and Depression as Predictors of Disability in the Patients With Nonacute Low Back Pain

비급성기 요통환자에 있어 장애를 예측하는 요인으로서의 통증관련 두려움과 우울

  • Won, Jong-Im (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Alternative Medicine, Jeonju University)
  • 원종임 (전주대학교 대체의학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2009.05.20
  • Accepted : 2009.08.07
  • Published : 2009.09.17
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Abstract

Psychsocial factors appear to play an important role in the maintenance and development of chronic disability from low back pain. Fear of pain may be more disabling than the pain itself in patients with nonacute low back pain. The purpose of this study was to identify the contribution of gender, age, depression and pain-related fear to pain intensity and disability in nonacute low back pain patients. This was a cross-sectional survey study of eighty four patients who had low back pain for at least 4 weeks. More than moderate correlations were found between pain intensity, disability, fear-avoidance beliefs and depression. Regression analyses revealed that disability ratings and fear-avoidance beliefs for work activities significantly contributed to the prediction of pain intensity, even when controlling for age, gender and pain duration. Also, fear-avoidance beliefs for physical activity, pain intensity, age and depression, significantly contributed to the prediction of disability, even when controlling for gender and pain duration. These findings suggest that disability scores and fear-avoidance beliefs for work activities are important determinants of pain intensity. They also suggest that fear-avoidance beliefs for physical activity, pain intensity, age and depression are important determinants of disability.

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