Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain

Background: Chronic low back pain is a major health problem and has high comorbidity with psychological related disorders. As there is no consensus about the effectiveness of psychotherapy methods for chronic pain, so our target in this study was to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavioral th...

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Main Authors: Sudha BANTH, Maryam Didehdar ARDEBiL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kare Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=47358
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description Background: Chronic low back pain is a major health problem and has high comorbidity with psychological related disorders. As there is no consensus about the effectiveness of psychotherapy methods for chronic pain, so our target in this study was to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a psychological intervention on pain of female patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). Methods: 88 patients suffering from NSCLBP were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, CBT (CBT+ usual medical care) and usual medical care, respectively. The subjects were referred from physiotherapy centres of Ardebil (northwest of Iran), assessed at three time frames; before, after and four weeks after intervention by pain Mac Gil Pain questionnaire. Data obtained from the final sample (N=48) analysed by SPSS software. Results: The results of ANCOVA revealed that subjects in the CBT group in comparison to control group indicated significant improvements in pain. Effect sizes were .72 and .78 for post test 1 and post test 2 of evaluation respectively. Conclusion: CBT as a psychotherapy including cognitive restructuring, relaxation and daily home works was effective on physical on several pain senses of female Iranian patients with NSCLBP
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spelling doaj-art-a7459fea8c664ef98bcd8bacafbeedde2025-02-03T10:15:45ZengKare PublishingBilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi2146-94902146-94902014-03-01314652Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back painSudha BANTH0Maryam Didehdar ARDEBiL1associated professor, Psychology department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, IndiaPhD scholar, Psychology department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, indiaBackground: Chronic low back pain is a major health problem and has high comorbidity with psychological related disorders. As there is no consensus about the effectiveness of psychotherapy methods for chronic pain, so our target in this study was to assess the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as a psychological intervention on pain of female patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP). Methods: 88 patients suffering from NSCLBP were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, CBT (CBT+ usual medical care) and usual medical care, respectively. The subjects were referred from physiotherapy centres of Ardebil (northwest of Iran), assessed at three time frames; before, after and four weeks after intervention by pain Mac Gil Pain questionnaire. Data obtained from the final sample (N=48) analysed by SPSS software. Results: The results of ANCOVA revealed that subjects in the CBT group in comparison to control group indicated significant improvements in pain. Effect sizes were .72 and .78 for post test 1 and post test 2 of evaluation respectively. Conclusion: CBT as a psychotherapy including cognitive restructuring, relaxation and daily home works was effective on physical on several pain senses of female Iranian patients with NSCLBPhttp://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=47358Painlow back paincognitive therapybehavior therapy.
spellingShingle Sudha BANTH
Maryam Didehdar ARDEBiL
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi
Pain
low back pain
cognitive therapy
behavior therapy.
title Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
title_full Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
title_fullStr Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
title_short Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
title_sort effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain
topic Pain
low back pain
cognitive therapy
behavior therapy.
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