Psychological profile of Iranian patients with low-back pain
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2007; 13 (2): 335-346
in English
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| ID: emr-157000
ABSTRACT
A hospital case - control study in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran, compared the features of 200 patients with low - back pain with 350 matched controls. The control group psychological scored lower than patients in all dimensions of the Symptom Checklist - 90 checklist. Female patients were more psychologically affected by low - back pain than males. In both groups, grudge, general complaints, anxiety, depression, obsessive - compulsive behaviours, somatization and phobia varied with level of education. Patients' levels of depression and anxiety were related to occupational background. Longer duration of illness was accompanied by higher levels of anxiety, depression, obsessive - compulsive behaviours and somatization
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Case-Control Studies
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Sex Factors
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Depression
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Educational Status
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2007
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