Patient Reported Outcome Changes of Older Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain after One Month of Physical Therapy

Abstract

[Purposes] We examined changes in patient reported outcomes before and after one month of physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). [Participants and Methods] Twenty-eight older females (mean age 78.7 years) with CLBP were interviewed using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ), Pain Disability Assessment Scale, and visual analog scale (maximum, minimum, and average Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) before and after 1 month of general physical therapy. [Results] The TSK and maximum VAS scores showed moderate or greater effect sizes. The TSK and RDQ results showed a negative correlation, whereas the TSK and minimum VAS scores showed a positive correlation. [Conclusion] It is important to provide movement guidance and to adjust the amount of load for changes in RDQ associated with changes in TSK in conjunction with physical therapy.