The Examination of Relationship Between Self-Efficacy in People With Chronic Low Back Pain

The Examination of Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Sensorial, Perceptual and Motor Skills in People With Chronic Low Back Pain A Cross-Sectional Study

Self-efficacy is defined as a person's confidence or belief that one can achieve a certain behavioral or cognitive state. Self-efficacy is one of the most important assesment parameters in the self-management model. It is accepted that patients with chronic low back pain with high self-efficacy have a better prognosis than those with low self-efficacy. Due to the complex nature of pain; The relationship between psychological and physical parameters such as pain catastrophy, disability level, depression, physical performance, self-efficacy, pain intensity and fear avoidance arouses curiosity. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to examine the relationship between the level of self-efficacy and sensory, perceptual and motor skills in people with chronic low back pain.

Inclusion Criterias For Healthy Group:

• Being minimum 30 maximum 65 years old
• To be literate
• Accepting to take part in the study

Inclusion Criterias For Partipicians with Low Back Pain Group:

• Being minimum 30 maximum 65 years old
• Minimum 3 score from Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
• Having low back pain for at least 3 months of time
• To be literate
• Accepting to take part in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any kind of surgery in low back area
• Surgery story in lower extremities
• Acute low back pain
• Having a neurological disorder
• Having a rheumatological disease which may cause to low back pain
• Having a herniated disc that presses on the sacral nerves
• Being pregnant