TY  - JOUR
TI  - The relationship of illness perceptions with demographic features, pain severity, functional capacity, disability, depression, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain
AB  - Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of illness perceptions (IPs) with demographic features, severity of pain,functional capacity, disability, depression, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).Patients and methods: Between January 2015 and July 2015, a total of 114 patients with non-specific CLBP (86 females, 28 males;mean age 47.1±15.2 years; range, 18 to 85 years) were included. Non-specific CLBP was defined as low back pain not attributable to arecognizable, known specific pathology such as infection, tumor, inflammation for ≥12 weeks. The IPs using the revised Illness PerceptionQuestionnaire (IPQ-R), pain severity using the visual analog scale (VAS), functional capacity using the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT),disability using the modified Oswestry Disability Index (m-ODI), depression using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and quality of lifeusing the Short Form-36 (SF-36) were assessed.Results: There was a significant, positive correlation between the age, body mass index, duration of disease, pain scores, and IPQ-Rconsequences,timeline (acute/chronic), and emotional responses subunits, whereas there was a significant, negative correlation betweenthe IPQ-R-personal and treatment control subunits (p<0.001). The IPQ-R-timeline (acute/chronic), consequences, and emotional responsesubunits were positively and personal and treatment controls and illness coherence subunits were negatively correlated with the BDI andm-ODI (p<0.001). The IPQ-R-consequences and emotional responses subunits were negatively and timeline (acute/chronic), personal andtreatment controls, and illness coherence subunits were positively correlated with the SF-36 subunits (p<0.05).Conclusion: The IPs were negatively affected by advanced age, high body mass index, longer duration of disease, and increased severity ofpain in CLBP patients. Based on these findings, positive IPs may be related with reduced disability and depression, and improved quality oflife and functional capacity in this patient population. Developing new strategies for improving the negative IPs of patients with CLBP maybe useful.
AU  - tander, berna
AU  - Terzi, Yuksel
AU  - ulus, yasemin
AU  - Kuru, Omer
AU  - akyol, yesim
AU  - unal, ozge
DO  - 10.5606/tftrd.2019.3248
PY  - 2019
JO  - Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
VL  - 65
IS  - 4
SN  - 2587-0823
SP  - 301
EP  - 308
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/382160
ER  -