Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2008 Jun;11(1):5-12.

Use of the Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Back Pain

• Ha SW
• Suh YO

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the uses of complementary and alternative therapies(CAT), pain, and quality of life(QOL) in patients with chronic back pain. METHOD: A descriptive survey was conducted using convenient sample. One hundred sixty two patients with chronic back pain participated in this study. Types and satisfaction of CAT, pattern of back pain, and QOL were investigated. RESULT: 83.3% of all participants reported in the use of CAT. The most common types of CAT used were acupuncture and half-bath. Yoga were the most high satisfaction among the types. The mean score of back pain was 4.12, QOL was 3.10, that was mostly low score. There was no significant difference back pain and QOL between CAT user and nonuser. Correlation with satisfaction of CAT according the most using types were a negative correlation with back pain and a positive correlation with QOL. CONCLUSION: These result indicate that the mostly patients with back pain feels the satisfaction of CAT use. It is important that provide the obvious information about CAT which can be helpful to patient.

Keyword

Complementary alternative therapies; Back pain; Quality of life

MeSH Terms

Acupuncture
Animals
Back Pain
Cats
Complementary Therapies
Humans
Morinda
Quality of Life
Yoga