ArticleBrazilian journal of physical therapy
Functional disability in patients with low back pain: the mediator role of suffering and beliefs about pain control in patients receiving physical and chiropractic treatment.
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- Prevalence and risks factors of caregiving-related low back pain among caregivers of stroke survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial and functional difficulties in older adults with chronic non-specific low back pain.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Prediction of Back Disability Using Clinical, Functional, and Biomechanical Variables in Adults with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A Social Network Analysis Approach to COVID-19 Community Detection Techniques.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Beliefs about Pain Control in Patients after Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery-A Preliminary Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Influence of the Locus of Control Construct on the Efficacy of Physiotherapy Treatments in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Association between low back pain and various everyday performances : Activities of daily living, ability to work and sexual function.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundLow back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. There is evidence that depression, anxiety, and external locus of control are negative predictors of functional disability in low back patients.
methodsThis study focused on the mediator role of suffering and beliefs about pain control in the relationship between psychological morbidity and functional disability in patients receiving physical therapy and chiropractic treatment for chronic low back pain. The sample included 213 patients receiving chiropractic treatment and 125 receiving physical therapy, who answered the following instruments: Beliefs about Pain Control Questionnaire; Inventory of Subjective Experiences of Suffering in Illness; Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire; and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales.
resultsSuffering was a mediator in the relationship between depression and functional disability in both treatment groups. Only beliefs related to external chance events mediated the relationship between depression and functional disability in the physical therapy group, but not in the chiropratic teratment group.
conclusionIntervention should focus on suffering regardless of the type of treatment and target beliefs about pain control, in patients receiving physical therapy treatment since they seem to play a key role in functional disability in patients with low back pain.
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