Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

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

Ravneet Kaur, Pawanpreet Kaur

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INTRODUCTION:Pain in lower back is a common concern, affecting up to 90% of population at some point in their lifetime, up to 50% have more than one episode (William and Shier, 2012). It has been found that annual expenditure on the low back pain range from $30–70 billion (Driscoll, 2011). The main causative factor that can cause back pain is poor posture while sitting, standing and lifting heavy weights. Other factors that can cause low back pain include spinal disorder and systemic diseases (Cox and Trierk, 1987). NEED OF THE STUDY 1. To investigate the relationship between pain and quality of life in patients with low back pain. 2. To investigate the relationship between pain and disability in patients with low back pain. 3. To investigate the relationship between disability and quality of life in patients with low back pain. METHODOLOGY: 30 patients both males and females, age between 18–50 years, of low back pain were taken. All the patients were assessed for pain , disability in quality of life with Visual analogue scale and Rolland –Morris low back pain disability questionnaire and SF36 respectively. RESULT AND ANALYSIS: After statistical analysis it was found that there was significant correlation between VAS, R–M Low back disability scale and SF–36 (p<0.05). CONCLUSSION: High pain intensity, severe disability and great impairment in the physical domain of quality of life were perceived. A strong association was observed between disability and the physical quality of life domain, indicating that disability negatively affects and strongly influence physical quality of life in these patients with chronic low back pain.

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IMPACT OF PAIN,DISABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN., Ravneet Kaur, Pawanpreet Kaur INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019

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