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1920 – Pain Anxiety Symptoms And Chronic Low Back Pain: Differences Between Greek Men And Women Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

K. Baliotis ,
V. Korakakis ,
F. Katri ,
E. Dragioti ,
E. Kotrotsiou  and
M. Gouva
K. Baliotis
Affiliation:
Medical School - Postgraduate Program “Primary Care Health”, University of Thessaly, Larisa
V. Korakakis
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala
F. Katri
Affiliation:
Medical School, University of Athens
E. Dragioti
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, “Sotiria” Hospital, Athens
E. Kotrotsiou
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus - Greece, Ioannina, Greece

Abstract

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Introduction

Anxiety of pain plays a very important role in pain persistence and disability in patients with musculoskeletal pain.

Objective

This study examined the effect of pain anxiety symptoms on chronic pain.

Aim

The aim of the present study was the evaluation of pain anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and the differences between genders.

Materials and methods

Two-hundred and one patients with CLBP participated in the present study (53 men - 148 women, mean age±SD 37,4±13,7). The measures used were: Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-PASS-20 (McCracken & Dhingra, 2002) and another questionnaire with socio-demographics and attitudes and self-reported questions data on the impact of the chronic pain in their life.

Results

The mean scores (±SD) for men and women with CLBP and the p values from the T-tests were respectively: PASS- 20 total score, 22,19±9,09 and 30,11±14,15, (P=0,000), for avoidance, 8,15±3,02 and 9,65±4,46, (P=0,025), for fearfull thinking, 6,64±2,99 and 8,33±3,91, (P=0,002), for cognitive anxiety 3,98 ±2,72 and 5,90 ± 4,20, (P=0,005) and for Physiological Responses 3,42 ±2,53 and 6,21 ± 3,67, (P=0,000).

Conclusion

The results of the present study revealed the high levels of pain anxiety symptoms in patients with CLBP. Furthermore, women were found to be affected of pain anxiety symptoms more than men.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1155
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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