Incidence of depression in chronic low-back pain – A hospital based study

Abstract

Depression and Chronic Lowback pain (CLBP) are two contrast ailments which affect different parts of a human body. Depression is a psychiatric condition while lowback pain is a distinctly physical condition with many physically presentable symptoms. This study was conducted to investigate the comorbidity of depression among the patients suffering from chronic low-back pain, who visit an orthopedic surgeon in a hospital of Gujarat, and study the effect of Socio-demographic factors

Keywords

• depression
• chronic low back pain