CLINICAL RESEARCH e-ISSN 1643-3750 © Med Sci Monit, 2015; 21: 3327-3333 DOI: 10.12659/MSM.894333
Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Elderly Patients with Chronic Back Pain Treated in Primary Care Centers
Received: 2015.04.08 Accepted: 2015.06.07 Published: 2015.11.02
Authors’ Contribution: Study Design A Data Collection B Analysis C Statistical Data Interpretation D Manuscript Preparation E Literature Search F Funds Collection G
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Anna Cabak Anna Dąbrowska-Zimakowska Paweł Tomaszewski Marek Łyp Ryszard Kaczor Wiesław Tomaszewski Barbara Fijałkowska Ireneusz Kotela
1 Department of Physiotherapy, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Psychosocial Foundations of Rehabilitation and Bioethics, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland 3 Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw. Poland 4 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland 5 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Physiotherapy, Wrocław, Poland 6 Second Medical Faculty with the English Division and the Physiotherapy Division, Institute of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 7 Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of Interior, Warsaw, Poland
Anna Cabak, e-mail: [email protected] Self financing
Improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of chronic back pain therapy is a continuing challenge on an international scale. The aim of the present study was to tentatively assess mental health of patients with chronic back pain treated in primary care centers. The study enrolled 100 persons over 50 years of age. The back pain group consisted of 53 patients with chronic back pain and the control group consisted of 47 pain-free persons. The assessment of mental health used a Polish version of the international Goldberger’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). ANOVA (1- and 2-factor) analysis of variance, Tukey’s test, and Pearson’s simple correlation were used to analyze the significance of differences, with the significance level set at a=0.05. All patients with chronic back pain, regardless of their age and gender, displayed poorer mental well-being compared to the control group: their overall score was higher by over 7 points than in persons without back pain (F1.96=14.8; p
Selected Aspects of Mental Health of Elderly Patients with Chronic Back Pain Treated in Primary Care Centers
Received: 2015.04.08 Accepted: 2015.06.07 Published: 2015.11.02
Authors’ Contribution: Study Design A Data Collection B Analysis C Statistical Data Interpretation D Manuscript Preparation E Literature Search F Funds Collection G
ABCDEFG 1 ABDE 2 CDE 3 DFG 4 BDG 4 AF 5
FG 6
DFG 7
Corresponding Author: Source of support:
Background:
Material/Methods:
Results:
Conclusions:
MeSH Keywords:
Full-text PDF:
Anna Cabak Anna Dąbrowska-Zimakowska Paweł Tomaszewski Marek Łyp Ryszard Kaczor Wiesław Tomaszewski Barbara Fijałkowska Ireneusz Kotela
1 Department of Physiotherapy, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Psychosocial Foundations of Rehabilitation and Bioethics, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland 3 Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Warsaw University of Physical Education, Warsaw. Poland 4 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland 5 Department of Physiotherapy, College of Physiotherapy, Wrocław, Poland 6 Second Medical Faculty with the English Division and the Physiotherapy Division, Institute of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 7 Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Clinical Hospital of Interior, Warsaw, Poland
Anna Cabak, e-mail: [email protected] Self financing
Improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of chronic back pain therapy is a continuing challenge on an international scale. The aim of the present study was to tentatively assess mental health of patients with chronic back pain treated in primary care centers. The study enrolled 100 persons over 50 years of age. The back pain group consisted of 53 patients with chronic back pain and the control group consisted of 47 pain-free persons. The assessment of mental health used a Polish version of the international Goldberger’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). ANOVA (1- and 2-factor) analysis of variance, Tukey’s test, and Pearson’s simple correlation were used to analyze the significance of differences, with the significance level set at a=0.05. All patients with chronic back pain, regardless of their age and gender, displayed poorer mental well-being compared to the control group: their overall score was higher by over 7 points than in persons without back pain (F1.96=14.8; p
