Can Yoga or Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Improve Depression and Anxiety Among Adults From a Racially Diverse, Low-Income Community? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine and compare the effect of yoga, physical therapy (PT), and education on depressive and anxious symptoms in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Design

Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Academic safety net hospital and 7 community health centers.

Participants

A total of 320 adults with CLBP.

Intervention

Yoga classes, PT sessions, or an educational book.

Outcome measure

Depression and anxiety were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale, respectively, at baseline, 12, and 52 weeks. We identified baseline and midtreatment (6-wk) factors associated with clinically meaningful improvements in depressive (≥3 points) or anxious (≥2 points) sympt

SUBMITTER: Joyce C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184573 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature