دورية أكاديمية
Prevalence of fear-avoidance belief in patients with neck and back pain seeking physiotherapy.
| العنوان: | Prevalence of fear-avoidance belief in patients with neck and back pain seeking physiotherapy. |
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| المؤلفون: | Jaweria Afzal, Samreen Yasmeen, Farhan Ishaque, Bakhtawar Nazar, Areesha Naz, Esha Azhar |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 302-308 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Advance Educational Institute & Research Centre, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | fear-avoidance belief, disability, cervical pain, lumbar pain, psychological factors, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Background: Fear-avoidance beliefs and signs specifically non-organics are considered the psychological factors that have been determined in playing a major role in the advancement of prolonged disability. The current study was directed to explore the prevalence of fear-avoidance belief in patients with neck and back pain seeking physiotherapy and identifying the superior level of fear-avoidance beliefs regarding work or bodily performances which causes chronicity and disability in patients. Methodology: An observational study was conducted at the Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi-Pakistan, from 1st Dec 2019 to 29th Feb 2020. Standard Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FAB-Q) was used to assess the fear level. The queries determined from the questionnaire were distributed into two types; FABQ-work-related and FABQ-physical activity-related. Results: A total of 100 patients were included in the study, with a mean age of 45.76 ± 13.75 years. 39.0% patients reported neck pain, whereas 61.0% reported back pain. The prevalence of fear-avoidance belief related to physical activity was 90% and related to work was 91%. The results also showed a significant association between gender and work-related fear-avoidance belief with a p-value of 0.024 (≤ 0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that neck and backache sufferers show a high prevalence of fear-avoidance behavior of physical pastime and work score, confining their daily activities and not taking part in any bodily activities due to fear. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2307-3748 2310-3841 |
| Relation: | http://aeirc-edu.com/ojs14/index.php/IJEHSR/article/view/618/709; https://doaj.org/toc/2307-3748; https://doaj.org/toc/2310-3841 |
| DOI: | 10.29052/IJEHSR.v9.i3.2021.302-308 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/0589dda0e7f44bc3b711d12f0d6c56c4 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.0589dda0e7f44bc3b711d12f0d6c56c4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23073748 23103841 |
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| DOI: | 10.29052/IJEHSR.v9.i3.2021.302-308 |