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| Published: August 29, 2024
Screening for Psychiatric and Personality Disorders in Patients with Chronic Back Pain
Affiliation with Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore, India
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Clinical Psychologist, Department of Clinical psychology, Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore, India
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Spine Surgeon, Department of Spine Care, Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore, India
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Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India
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DIP: 18.01.159.20241203
DOI: 10.25215/1203.159
ABSTRACT
The current study aimed to report psychiatric and personality disorders, as well as other psychological variables such as pain catastrophising, kinesiophobia and disability in patients with chronic back pain, among adults aged 18 to 65 years (n=205) who were selected for the study using purposive sampling. The instruments used were Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview and International Personality Disorder Examination for assessing psychiatric and personality disorders in the population. Pain Catastrophising, Kinesiophobia and Disability were assessed using Pain Catastrophising Scale, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and Oswestry Disability Index respectively. To determine the presence of psychological variables, descriptive statistics were used The results revealed a presence of anxious and depressive features along with kinesiophobia and pain catastrophising in the chronic back pain population.It was seen that among the CBP population, paranoid personality disorders (29%) were most prevalent, followed by anankastic personality disorder ( 27 % ) and Schizoid Personality Disorder (13%) Patients with chronic back pain also showed kinesiophobia and pain catastrophising along with moderate disability.
Keywords
Chronic Back Pain, Pain Catastrophising Kinesiophobia, Disability Personality, Personality Disorders, Paranoid, Anankastic Depression, Anxiety, Psychiatric disorders Psychological Variables, Back Pain
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© 2024, Kane, I., Kumar, S., Kishen, T. & Verma, V.
Received: August 20, 2024; Revision Received: August 26, 2024; Accepted: August 29, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.159.20241203
10.25215/1203.159
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 3, July-September, 2024