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Volume 2 Issue 3 (July-September, 2014)

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Assessment of Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain- An Observational Study
Sandeep Verma, Vandana Patel

Background: With longer-term or chronic low back pain (CLBP), psychological factors often play a role, but in cross-disciplinary treatment, individual psychological intervention is rarely included. The relationship between CLBP and psychiatric illness is complex and multifactorial, including a lower tolerance for pain in people with depression. Hence; we planned the present study to assess psychiatric morbidity among patients with CLBP. Materials & methods: The present study included assessment of psychiatric morbidity among patients with CLBP. A total of 200 patients with CLPB were included in the present study. Detailed demographic history of all the patients was obtained. Complete clinical and medical examination of all the patients was carried out. Data of patients affected with psychiatric illness was separately recorded and was summarized in Microsoft excel sheet. Results: Common psychiatric diagnosis observed in the present study was anxiety (22 patients) and Depression (20 patients). Other less common psychiatric diagnosis observed were dual diagnosis, somatoform disorders etc. Overall prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in CLBP patients was 26 percent. Conclusion:  Chronic low back pain patients are associated with significant psychiatric morbidity.
Key words: Anxiety, Chronic low back pain, Psychiatry.

 
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