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Self‐report of depressive symptoms in low back pain patients
Author(s) -
Crisson James,
Keefe Francis J.,
Wilkins Robert H.,
Cook Wesley A.,
Muhlbaier Lawrence H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198605)42:3<425::aid-jclp2270420304>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - beck depression inventory , depression (economics) , psychology , low back pain , depressive symptoms , physical therapy , back pain , abnormality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , cognition , medicine , anxiety , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Two studies designed to examine the self‐report of depressive symptoms in low back pain patients are presented. Symptoms of depression were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory. In the first study, a sample ( N = 134) of patients who presented for neurosurgical evaluation were evaluated. In the second study, a subgroup of patients found to have lumbar disc protrusion were compared to a subgroup with few or no positive physical findings at the time of physical examination. If the cut‐off scores recommended by Beck were used, patients in both studies would be classified as mildly depressed. Both studies found that patients were significantly more likely to report somatic than cognitive symptoms of depression. Patients with multiple physical findings or a disc abnormality at the time of operation were not found to be more likely to report somatic symptoms than patients with few physical findings.