Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

A study of association of depression with the severity of neck pain.

Shyam Jungade

Abstract :

Introduction

Psychological and social factors are believed to play a significant role in the development and perpetuation of chronic pain and disability. Neck pain is a chronic pain condition, which has been found to be associated with depression.

Aim and Objectives

The present study was carried out to study the association between neck pain severity and the occurrence of depression.

Material and Methods

A prospective observational study was conducted on 50 patients of neck pain between the age group of 20-40 years.Data was collected on depressive symptomatology using the BECK`S Depression Inventory (BDI).11- point Numerical pain rating (NPR) scale(NPRS, 0: no pain; 10: maximum pain) was used to evaluate the intensity of pain. Pearson correlation coefficient was applied to find out the association between the two.

Observations and Results

There wasno significant correlation between NPR Score and BECK`S Depression Score(p-value - 0.09 i.e. p>0.05)

Conclusion

Moderate to severe level of depression was associated inmajority of patients with neck pain.However, no significant correlation was observed between the severity of pain and degree of depression.

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Shyam Jungade, A study of association of depression with the severity of neck pain., GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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