Others define is as pain that lasts beyond the expected period of healing, and acknowledge the chronic pain may not have well-defined underlying pathological causes. Others classify frequently recurring back pain as chronic pain since it intermittently affects an individual over a long period. Most national insurance and industrial sources of data include only those individuals in who symptoms results in loss of days at work or other disability. …show more content…
Statement of the problem-
In 1980, the world health organization defined disability as any restriction or lack of ability to perform any activity in the manner of within the range considered normal for human being. This definition assumes that the normal is to have no disability or restriction of any kind and that disability is due to impairment.
In 2001 however, the WHO presented the international classification of functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a bio psycho-social model currently used in rehabilitation and disability perspectives. In this classification, disability is referred as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. It denotes the negative aspects of the interaction between an individual and the Individuals contextual factors.
That’s why the idea is to evaluate the prevalence of psychological distress in chronic low back pain among general population.
Methodology-
Study type- experimental study
The purpose is to find the relation between disability and pain behavior. To find the relation between the disability and psychological distress. To find the relation between the psychological distress and pain