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- S Roch, J Föllmer, and P Hampel.
- Institut für Gesundheits-, Ernährungs- und Sportwissenschaften, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Auf dem Campus 1, 24943, Flensburg, Deutschland. svenja.roch@uni-flensburg.de.
- Schmerz. 2017 Apr 1; 31 (2): 102-107.
BackgroundChronic low back pain is often accompanied by fear-avoidance cognitions, increased depressive symptoms and decreased quality of life.ObjectiveIs the relationship between fear-avoidance cognitions and quality of life mediated by depressive symptoms?MethodsMediation analyses were conducted to predict the long-term quality of life with depressive symptoms as mediator using longitudinal data from 131 patients.ResultsFear-avoidance cognitions prior to rehabilitation predicted the physical quality of life 24 months after rehabilitation, which was mediated by the degree of depressive symptoms 6 months after rehabilitation. The other assumed models could not be tested due to non-significant correlations between the model variables.ConclusionTo improve the physical quality of life, depressive symptoms should be included into the treatment of chronic low back pain.
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