Behaviour of Pain Among the Low Back Pain Patients Attended At CRP

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore the behaviour pain among the low back pain. Objective: To identify the socio-demography information, pain nature, aggravating and relives factors, response of medication and previous intervention before receiving physiotherapy treatment. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted with a structured and close ended interviewer administered questionnaire to collect information from 130 low back pain patients in respects through convenience sampling technique. Data was numerically coded and captured in Microsoft excel, using an SPSS 16.0 version software program. Results: This study was found that, this survey showed female participants about 60% and 40% was male. Females are more affected and 46.2% were house wives. The vulnerable age range is 30 to 49 years for low back pain. Most of the patients were less educated about primary level were 34%, in this study shows that the 78% patients had intermittent and moderate pain. Pain is aggravated by flexion movement 97%, relief 91% low back pain by taking rest, about 64% patients have gradual symptom, pain radiates 43.8% are leg, for which 89.2% people were affected on ADL due to pain, medication was response in 95% and 81% patients were take previous intervention. 44.6% were goes to general practitionar and 42.3% were partially effective. Conclusion: This result of the current study would help to know the nature of pain, severity of pain, relevant symptom of pain for low back pain. It is seriously affecting the quality of their social and working lives. Very few were managed by pain specialists and nearly half received inadequate pain management.