Journal of pain research
Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms and Pain-Related Outcomes in Nonsurgical Chronic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
By Ahmadi N, Seyedhoseinpoor T, Babaei F and 3 others.
Abstract
Objective
To examine the associations of depressive and anxiety symptoms with pain intensity and disability in patients with chronic symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis.
Design
Cross-sectional observational study.
Setting
A single-center outpatient orthopedic and spine clinic at Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Subjects: One hundred twelve consecutive patients with magnetic resonance imaging-confirmed lumbar spinal stenosis, aged 40 years or older, with symptoms lasting at least 3 months, were recruited from an outpatient orthopedic and spine clinic and evaluated by an expert neurosurgeon for eligibility. Eligible patients were not candidates for surgery and were assessed before receiving treatment.