Psychological defensive profile of sciatica patients with neuropathic pain and its relationship to quality of life
| Autor: | Ahmet Tutoglu, Ahmet Boyaci, Ahmet Kucuk, Irfan Koca, I.F. Karababa, E. Kaya, Alparslan Yetişgin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual analogue scale Beck Anxiety Inventory Sciatica Rheumatology Quality of life Internal medicine Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Psychiatry Defense Mechanisms Pain Measurement business.industry Beck Depression Inventory Middle Aged medicine.disease Neuroticism Treatment Outcome Neuropathic pain Quality of Life Neuralgia Anxiety Female medicine.symptom business Somatization |
| Zdroj: | Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie. 74:646-651 |
| ISSN: | 1435-1250 0340-1855 |
| Popis: | To identify differences between defense styles and mechanisms in sciatica patients with or without neuropathic pain and their relationship to quality of life. The study included 37 sciatica patients with neuropathic pain (SNP), 36 sciatica patients without neuropathic pain and 38 healthy subjects. Pain severity was measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Psychological condition was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Defense mechanisms were assessed using a 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40) and quality of life was assessed using Short Form-36 (SF-36). BDI and BAI scores were significantly higher in the SNP group (p |
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