Measures for low back pain: a proposal for clinical use

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Margareta Nordin¹  Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre²  Marco Campello² 

[1] ,New York University School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences

关键词: low back pain;    pain measurement;    treatment;    dor lombar;    medição da dor;    tratamento;    dolor lumbar;    medición del dolor;    tratamiento;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692003000200002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Low back pain represents a serious public health problem. Therefore, great efforts have been made in order to improve and assess the efficacy of its treatment. Reports in international literature have presented important studies concerning instruments to assess pain and functional incapacity in patients with low back pain. This study presents a clinical protocol which was developed by a multidisciplinary team. This protocol consists of the evaluation and distribution of pain, The Spitzer Quality of Life, The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, and The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Instruments must be urgently developed or adapted in order to be used according to the Brazilian reality.

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