Association of Chronic Low Back Pain With Personal Space Regulation

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ID15519145
AuthorsLinman Weng (0000-0003-0671-3872, Shanghai University of Sport), Lin-Man Weng, Bao Wu (0000-0002-3832-9309, Shanghai University of Sport), Chang-Cheng Chen (Shanghai University of Sport), Juan Wang (0000-0001-8330-6707, Shanghai University of Sport), Meng‐Si Peng (0000-0001-6229-767X, Shanghai University of Sport), Meng-Si Peng, Zhijie Zhang (0000-0003-2063-664X, Luoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province, corresponding author), Zhi-Jie ZHANG, Xue‐Qiang Wang (0000-0001-5577-5231, Shanghai University of Sport, corresponding author), Xue-Qiang Wang
Year2021
Volume12
Pages719271-719271
Publication date2021-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.719271
PMID34975558
OpenAlexW4200032192
LanguageEN
References cited61

Background: While most previous studies regarding patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) mainly focused on pain, disability, psychological damage, and intervention measures, the effect of CLBP on personal space remains unclear. The study aimed to assess the personal space of patients with CLBP and healthy controls, explored the differences between the two groups, and examined whether pain, dysfunction, anxiety, and depression affected the personal space regulation. Methods: The cross-sectional study recruited 24 patients with CLBP and 24 healthy controls at Shanghai Shangti Orthopedic Hospital and Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China, from December 2018 to January 2019. A stop-distance paradigm was applied to measure the comfortable and uncomfortable distance under four conditions. A self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and a self-rating depression scale (SDS) were used to examine the anxiety and depression levels of all participants. The pain intensity and dysfunction in the CLBP group were evaluated by the numeric rating scale and Roland-Morris questionnaire (RMDQ), respectively. Results: When approaching another individual or when being approached, the interpersonal distance under all the conditions in the CLBP group significantly differed from that in the healthy control group with larger space distances ( p p p Conclusion: People with CLBP show an atypical personal space behavior and indeed have a greater interpersonal distance to strangers. The higher the pain intensity, dysfunction, anxiety, and depression, the greater the interpersonal distance in patients with CLBP. In the future, the effect and underlying neural mechanisms of pain and negative emotions on social withdrawal in patients should be examined

Alternative medicine · Anxiety · Association (psychology · Chronic pain · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale · Low back pain · Personal space · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Rating scale · Visual analogue scale · Clinical Psychology · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment · Psychology

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