Articles: back-pain.
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J. Med. Internet Res. · Jan 2014
A web-based peer-modeling intervention aimed at lifestyle changes in patients with coronary heart disease and chronic back pain: sequential controlled trial.
Traditional secondary prevention programs often fail to produce sustainable behavioral changes in everyday life. Peer-modeling interventions and integration of peer experiences in health education are a promising way to improve long-term effects in behavior modification. However, effects of peer support modeling on behavioral change have not been evaluated yet. Therefore, we implemented and evaluated a website featuring patient narratives about successful lifestyle changes. ⋯ Usage of the lebensstil-aendern website corresponds to more positive lifestyle changes. However, as-treated analyses do not allow for differentiating between causal effects and selection bias. Despite these limitations, the trial indicates that more than occasional website usage is necessary to reach dose-response efficacy. Therefore, future studies should concentrate on strategies to improve adherence to Web-based interventions and to encourage more frequent usage of these programs.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and disability pre-operatively, at 3 months and at 1 year after lumbar spine fusion surgery. ⋯ One-third of our patients with chronic back pain undergoing spinal fusion had depressive symptoms pre-operatively. The prevalence of depressive symptoms decreased after surgery. Although disability remained higher in those patients who had reported depressive symptoms pre-operatively, disability did decrease significantly in both groups post-operatively. Thus, there is no need to exclude depressive patients from operation, but screening measures and appropriate treatment practises throughout both pre-operative and post-operative periods are encouraged.
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Treatment expectations form a fundamental component of the self-regulatory model of health behavior, which defines such cognitions as illness perceptions. Unrealistic and/or unhelpful treatment expectations have been linked to detrimental clinical and work outcomes in those with persistent low back pain. However, research of this nature has rarely focused on the influence of 'significant others' (spouse/partner/close family member). ⋯ This study demonstrates that significant others have similar unrealistic and/or unhelpful treatment expectations to those widely reported by individuals with persistent low back pain, and could further reinforce such illness perceptions and serve as wider psychosocial obstacles to recovery and continued work participation.
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Prim Health Care Res Dev · Jan 2014
Depression and gender differences among younger immigrant patients on sick leave due to chronic back pain: a primary care study.
Mental ill-health and pain are major causes for disability compensation in female adults in Sweden. Aims The aims of this study were to (1) analyse gender differences in the prevalence of depression among immigrant patients with chronic back pain and (2) explore whether factors such as age, marital status, educational level, religious faith, number of children and number of diagnosed pain sites could explain these differences. ⋯ Gender differences in odds of depression in our study could be explained by a higher prevalence of diagnosed multiple pain sites in women. This calls for tailor-made treatments that focus on the pain relief needs of immigrant women with low education and chronic back pain.
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Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr · Jan 2014
[The possibilities of increasing of efficacy of treatment in patients with dorsalgia].
An influence of L-lysine aescinat on decrease of pain syndrome and normalization of movement's functions. MATERIAL AND METHODS. 220 patients with dorsalgia has been studied. To asses treatment efficacy the Huskisson's visual analog scale, multidimensional verbal and color test of pain and the modified Waddel's scale were used. ⋯ The results of the study revealed that the use of L-lysine aescinat promotes considerable acceleration of process of regression of a pain syndrome and the efficacious rehabilitation of movements and plays a significant role in faster and expressed knocking over of a radicular syndrome.