title: A study of the relationship among fear-avoidance beliefs, pain and disability index in patients with low back pain.
abstract: This study was conducted in order to determine the relationship among fear-avoidance beliefs, pain and disability index in patients with low back pain as well as to identify factors having an influence on fear-avoidance beliefs, pain and disability index. The subjects used in this study were 55 patients with low back pain. All subjects completed a fear-avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ) which was divided into two subscales, FABQ for physical activity (FABQ-P) and FABQ for work (FABQ-W), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ). In correlation analysis, FABQ-P appeared to show significant correlation with FABQ-W, FABQ-total, VAS and RMDQ, and all variables showed significant correlation with each other. Findings of this study suggest that screening for fear-avoidance beliefs may be useful for identification of patients at risk of psychosocial problems as well as pain intensity and physical impairment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Cheju Halla University, Cheju, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Goo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Byoung-Hee
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Disability index; Fear-avoidance beliefs; Low back pain