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The Link between Low Back Pain and Depression in Young Adults: What You Need to Know

Updated: Jan 12


The Link between Low Back Pain and Depression in Young Adults: What You Need to Know


Results show that there is an association between low back pain and depression and somatisation in young adults


Low back pain has a LIFETIME prevalence of 84.1%


Low back pain is associated with worse health-related quality of life


Young adults in this study are defined as between 18 and 26- During this time young people are having more responsibility and independence and start establishing what will become long-term lifestyle choices


Low back Pain and Depression in young adults
Low back Pain and Depression in young adults

Other studies have found an association between low back pain and feeling sad, exhausted, and overwhelmed


Somatisation is when there is heightened awareness in the body


- it is defined as a complex array of behaviors characterised by an abundant usage of body expressions and language to convey feelings of personal complaint and social distress, amplifying or distorting sometimes subtle physiological changes


Individuals in a distressed somatic perception were nearly 3 times more likely to report low back pain



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Reference

Associations between low back pain and depression and somatization in a Canadian emerging adult population

David Robertson, DC, MSc,1 Dinesh Kumbhare, MD, MSc, FRCPC,2 Paul Nolet, DC, MSc, MPH, FRCCSS (C),3 John Srbely, DC, PhD,4 and Genevieve Newton, DC, PhD5


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