Is There a Difference in Fear-Avoidance, Beliefs, Anxiety and Depression Between Post-Surgery and Non-Surgical Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Patients?
Thiago Alves RodriguesEduardo José Silva Gomes de OliveiraBeatriz Morais CostaRayanne Luiza Tajra Mualem AraújoJoão Batista Santos GarciaPublished in: Journal of pain research (2022)
Even though there was no statistically relevant difference between the PSPS patient with or without surgical history in terms of the assessed outcome measures, the described scores for fear-avoidance beliefs, pain, anxiety and depression were high, showing an interference in the daily life activities of those patients.