Psychiatric Characteristics of Recruits Complaining Lumbar Pain

Lee, Jong Hun; Cho, Ju Yean

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
AND METHODS: The authors had attempted to find psychiatric characteristics of recruites who had complained lumbar pain. The patient group were 48 recruites who had admitted at recruit training center of the OO division from September 6 1996 to November 15 1996. The control group were 48 healthy recruites who had been chosen randomly during the same period. Each group had been examined by MMPI, BDI(Beck's depression inventory), Zung's self-rating pain and distress scale, and Barron's ego strength use. The data were analyzed by chi-square test or t-test.
RESULTS
The results of this study were as follows: 1) On demographic data, patient group had distributed more common in lower level of economic status(p<.05). 2) The score of BDI and Zung's self rating pain and distress scale of patients group were significantly higher than those of control group(p<.01). 3) The mean T-score on each scale were within normal range in both group. 4) The group of patients showed significantly higher score on sclaes of Pa(p<.05), and scales of F, Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pt, Sc(p<.01). 5) Ego strength of patients group was significantly lower than that of control group(p<.01).
CONCLUSION
This finding supports the existing hypothesis that lumbar pain patients are strongly related to emotional factor.