Korean J Pain.  2018 Jul;31(3):199-205. 10.3344/kjp.2018.31.3.199.

The effect of stabilization exercise on pain-related disability, sleep disturbance, and psychological status of patients with non-specific chronic low back pain

• Akodu AK
• Akindutire OM

• KMID: 2417958
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2018.31.3.199

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Sleep disturbance and depression are becoming more recognized as important symptoms among individuals with chronic low back pain. This study evaluated the effect of stabilization exercise on pain-related disability, sleep disturbance and the psychological status of patients with non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP).
METHODS
A total of 26 patients (M/F = 17/9) with NSCLBP with a mean age of 50.0 ± 15.5 took part in this study. Participants were recruited from selected hospitals in Lagos state. Ethical approval was sought and obtained from the health research and ethics committee of Lagos University Teaching Hospital Idi-araba, Lagos, Nigeria. Participants performed stabilization exercise for eight weeks consecutively and were assessed for pain-related disability, anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance using the pain-disability index, hospital anxiety and depression scale, and the insomnia severity index at baseline, the 4th week, and the 8th week, post-intervention.
RESULTS
The participants studied recorded significant reduction in pain-related disability (P = 0.001). There was also improvement in the sleep quality (P = 0.001), depression level (P = 0.001), and anxiety level (P = 0.001), post intervention.
CONCLUSIONS
This study revealed that stabilization exercise is very useful in the management of sleep disturbance, pain-related disability, depression, and anxiety in NSCLBP patients.

Keyword

Anxiety; Depression; Disability evaluation; Exercise movement techniques; Low back pain; Psychological test; Sleep disorders

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Depression
Disability Evaluation
Ethics Committees
Exercise Movement Techniques
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Low Back Pain*
Nigeria
Psychological Tests
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders

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