Assessment and treatment of chronic low back pain with psychological impact

Abstract

Study design: A prospective intervention study.Purpose: Assessment and treatment of chronic low back pain with psychological impact.Introduction: Around 60 to 80% of the adults experience low back pain at some point or other in their life. Current studies have noticed that there is an association between low back pain with the mood of sufferers which lead to: Anxiety, Depression, Poor social interactions, Irritability.Methods: 80 patients with chronic back pain are been taken and Psychological assessment of these patient were done by:General anxiety disorder(GAD-7) for anxiety andPatient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) for depression. Each patients was treated and followed up for 3 months.Results: Out of 80 patients 51.3% were old & 48.8% were young, 80.0 % were female & 20.0 % were male,presenting complaints duration: 72.5 % suffering since < 1 Year, 22.5% since 1 to 2 Years, &5.0 % since> 2 Years. The Comparison of Anxiety, depression, oswestry score at the Follow-Up of subjects were significant (P- value is <0.05) in our study. Comparison of mean scores among Presenting Complaints groups,Anxiety, depression, oswestry scorewas significant (P- value is < 0.05) in our study.Conclusion: After carrying out the analysis, the results support that efficiency of the psychological interventions are significant for reducing the low back pain which are self-reported along with depression and anxiety levels which in turn increases the quality of life related to health within the persons suffering from chronic lower back pain.