impact of a group therapy program on depression and pain perception of adults with chronic low back pain, 1991
Mehrvarz, Iraj
1990-1999
The main purpose of this study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference in depression and pain perception between those adults with chronic low back pain who participated in a specific group therapy program and those who did not. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) were administered to fifty-four adults with chronic low back pain. The subject pool consisted of fifteen males and thirty-nine females who sought treatment at the Pain Treatment Center of a major university school of medicine in the southeastern United States. Volunteers who scored sixteen or higher on the BDI participated in the study. Subjects for the study were randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group with twelve persons in each. Both groups underwent pretesting and posttesting using the BDI and VAS. The experimental group participated in a four-week group intervention program developed by the researcher. The data were analyzed using the t_ test and the Pearson Correlation Coefficient with a significance level of .05. The results of this study suggest that the group therapy program alleviated depression among the adults with chronic low back pain. The results did not show that this intervention had any significant effect on their pain perception. Further, there was no relationship between the age of the adults with chronic low back pain and their depression. There was no relationship between the age of the adults with chronic low back pain and their pain perception.
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application/pdf
1991-07-01
dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Clark Atlanta University
Department of Counseling and Human Development
Oparah, Bernard I.
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_mehrvarz_iraj
