Open AccessComparison of the frequency of psychiatric disorders among patients with chronic low back pain and control group
Author(s) -
Elnaz Farajirad,
Hadi Tohidi,
Mohammad Farajirad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/1793-5482.175618
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , chronic pain , physical therapy
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common complaints of patients referred to the clinics. Studies indicated that psychosocial factors have great impact on the patients' complaints and disability. The aim of this study was to evaluate a broad range of psychiatric disorders in patients with chronic LBP (CLBP) and compare them with those of the control group.