Assessing Pain, Disability and Quality of Life in Patients Diagnosed With Lumbar Disc Herniation

April 25, 2026Acta Medica AlanyaOpen Access

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This research aims to explore how pain intensity is associated with disability and quality of life in individuals diagnosed with lumbar disc herniation.
Cross-sectional study involving 155 patients with MRI-confirmed lumbar disc herniation.
Pain intensity assessed using the Visual Analog Scale, disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Index, and quality of life evaluated with the WHOQOL-BREF.
Associations analyzed with Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients due to non-normally distributed variables.
Significant negative correlation between pain intensity and physical quality of life (ρ= −0.281, p<0.05).
Negative correlation with psychological quality of life (ρ= −0.265, p<0.05).
Negative correlation noted with social (ρ= −0.205, p<0.05) and environmental quality of life domains (ρ= −0.162, p<0.05).

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Cross-sectional study examines pain, disability, and quality of life in individuals with lumbar disc herniation, indicating significant associations.

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