18Jun 2017

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN, DISABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN.

  • BPT Final year, University College of Physiotherapy, Faridkot.
  • BPT, University College of Physiotherapy, Faridkot.
  • Lecturer, University College of Physiotherapy, Faridkot.
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Introduction: Chronic low back pain is considered as public health problem of clinical, social and economic importance, which affects the population without distinction (1). It is a highly prevalent and costly musculoskeletal problem in economically advanced societies nowadays. It can cause long-term disability, absenteeism from work and frequent health service use (2) and therefore, requires effective management. This study investigated the effect of pain on Disability and Quality of Life in patients with chronic low back pain. Methodology: Total of 30 patients, with 15 males and 15 females, with chronic low back pain were included in the study whereas the patients having any history of prior surgery within last three months or received any medical and physiotherapeutic intervention for the management of low back pain were excluded from the study. All the participants were then assessed for low back pain with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), back disability with Roland?Morris Low back pain disability questionnaire and Quality of Life with SF-36 Questionnaire. Results: The highest correlation was found between disability and quality of life(r-value=.839) and lowest correlation was found between low back pain and quality of life(r-value=.788). Conclusion: It has been concluded from the study that low back pain, disability and quality of life were significantly correlated to each other. Therefore, decrease in low back pain improves the quality of life and lessen the disability of the patients

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[Daljit Singh, Akshav Aggarwal, Sandeep Kumar and Smati Sambyal. (2017); RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN, DISABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 859-862] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4485      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4485

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