How does chronic back pain influence quality of life in koreans: A cross-sectional study
- Title
- How does chronic back pain influence quality of life in koreans: A cross-sectional study
- Author
- 박예수
- Keywords
- Assessment; Chronic low back pain; Quality of life
- Issue Date
- 2014-08
- Publisher
- Asia Pacific Spine Society
- Citation
- Asian spine journal : Official Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery, 2014, 8(3), pp. 346 - 352
- Abstract
- STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. PURPOSE: To explore the impact of chronic low back pain (CLBP) on individuals' quality of life; to understand current treatment practices and level of satisfaction with treatment in patients with CLBP. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Assessing subjective, patient-reported outcomes such as quality of life is essential to health care research. METHODS: Influences of the CLBP were analyzed via a questionnaire, which contained the character of CLBP, effect of pain management, Korean version Oswestry Disability Index (K-ODI) and Korean version of 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12v2). RESULTS: Of 3,121 subjects who responded, 67.3% had moderate to severe pain; 43.5% presented prolonged CLBP of more than two years; and 32.4% had suffered from sleep disturbance due to pain. 22.8% of the patients were not satisfied with current pain management. The mean K-ODI score was 37.63; and it was positively correlated with the mean pain intensity (r=0.6, p<0.001). The SF-12v2 result was negatively correlated with mean pain intensity (PCS: r=-0.5, p<0.001; MCS: r=-0.4, p<0.001) and also negatively correlated with the K-ODI score (PCS: r=-0.75, p<0.001; MCS: r=-0.5, p<0.001). The conformity between patients and doctors in pain assessment was fair (kappa=0.2463). CONCLUSIONS: CLBP negatively affects quality of life. Of total 22.8% of the patients were not satisfied with current pain management. Such needs to be taken more seriously by doctors for improvement of satisfaction and quality of life in patients with CLBP.
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- https://synapse.koreamed.org/search.php?where=aview&id=10.4184/asj.2014.8.3.346&code=0168ASJ&vmode=FULLhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/47549
- ISSN
- 1976-1902; 1976-7846
- DOI
- 10.4184/asj.2014.8.3.346
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