Association of Health-Related Quality of Life and Pain Medication Perception Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients at Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study revealed that transformed OQOL was moderate with physical and psychological domains being the most impaired. Among the four domain scores, the highest score was in the SRD, while PD scored the lowest. Participants have neither good nor bad perceptions of QoL and are dissatisfied with their health showing significant concerns about addiction, side effects, and withdrawal, while societal judgement was minimal.
Authors
- Sweta Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8651-2645)
- Rojeena Koju Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-9255)
- Rohit Shrestha
- Durga Bista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5962-0940)
- Rebika Kc
Institutions
- Dhulikhel Hospital (NP)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain Research
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s526234
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00