Relationship between Pain Severity and Kinesiophobia in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain

Autor: Warda Naeem, Fariha Zulfiqar, Ayesha Arooj, Taimoor Suhail, Abdul Mueed, Ashfaq Ahmad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 73, Iss 5 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0030-9648
2411-8842
DOI: 10.51253/pafmj.v73i5.6377
Popis: Objective: to determine the relationship between pain severity and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic neck pain. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study Place and Duration of Study: Pakistan Society of Rehabilitation of Disabled, Arif Memorial Hospital, Rashid Latif Medical Institute and Jinnah Hospital, from Aug 2020 to Jan 2021. Methodology: One hundred seventy subjects with neck pain for more than three months were included in the study. Tampa scale was used to measure kinesiophobia, and the Numeric Pain Rating scale was used to assess the pain severity. Results: Out 0f 170 subjects, 83(48.8%) were males and 87(51.2%) were females with a mean age of 31.31 ±4.062 years. A significant association was found between kinesiophobia, pain severity and chronic neck pain with 0.01 p-value. The crammer phi value was 0.418, which showed a strong association. Conclusion: High levels of kinesiobhobia and pain belief should be considered in patients with chronic neck pain as these are both associated with each other.
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