LOW-BACK PAIN IN FAMILY-PRACTICE - CASE CONTROL STUDY

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 9  (4) , 579-582
Abstract
Women [83] between the ages of 25-44 yr who presented with low back pain during 1 yr were compared with a control group of women matched by age and socioeconomic status. The patients with low back pain presented a larger number of problems to their family physicians during the course of the year, but there were no significant differences noted in the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression during their visits, or in the number of psychological problems presented by the 2 groups, or in the number of psychoactive medications received for problems other than low back pain. Apparently low back pain patients may represent a group who more readily present their symptoms to physicians but that they are no more likely to have psychological problems than similar patients who do not have low back pain.

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