“PREVALENCE OF KINESIOPHOBIA AND DISCONTENTMENT IN POST LAMINECTOMY PATIENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY”

Background: A laminectomy is a type of spine decompression used to treat stenosis. Fear of motion was known as kinesiophobia. Patients who are unhappy with their surgery results may be less likely to exercise, which could have a major impact on their quality of life. Methodology: The 126 post-laminectomy patients using non-probability convenience sampling, from Prime Teaching Hospital and Irfan General Hospital Peshawar were included. The Tampa scale was used for kinesiophobia, the Surgical Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ8) to assess post-operative satisfaction or dissatisfaction, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) to assess physical activity in post-laminectomy patients. Result: Out of 126 participants 71 (56.35%) males and 55 (43.65%) were females. The mean age of participants was 44.10±9.635 years. Kinesiophobia affects 81.7%, 14(11.1%), participant shows very low level of satisfaction, 41(32.5%) participants show low satisfaction 48(38.1%) participants show moderate level of satisfaction and 23(18.3%) participants shows high level of satisfaction regarding surgical intervention. P-value of kinesiophobia and physical activity is 0.060 and surgical satisfaction and physical activity value is 0.230. Conclusion: This study shows that kinesiophobia and post-operative dissatisfaction have a substantial detrimental impact on patients' overall level of physical activity, which in turn affects their physical, emotional, and social well-being.