1a,Assistant Professor (Occupational Therapy), Department of Rehabilitation sciences, Jamia Hamdard Delhi
2Occupational Therapist, G.B. Pant Hospital, Delhi, India
1bFormerly H.O.D, (Department of Occupational Therapy) of D.I.R.D, Under Guru Gobind Singh I.P. University
*Corresponding author: Ms Shubha Arora, Assistant Professor, 120-B, Deep Enclave, Pocket -D, Phase-3, Ashok Vihar, Delhi-110052, Mob No: 9810195029, Email: arora.shubha@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 29 July, 2013.
To evaluate neck pain, neck disability and quality of life of patients with cervical pain
To find correlation between pain, disability and quality of life
Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain
Neck disability index for evaluating disability
Rand shortform-36 for health related Quality of life
Approx. 50 patients of age group 20–75 years with cervical pain were included in the study. This study is based on observation. Data was collected from G.B..Pant Hospital, Delhi, various clinics and from general population on the basis of inclusion criteria. After rapport building, subjects were evaluated for pain, disability and quality of life for functional outcomes.
After data collection, correlation between the three scales was established and data was analyzed statistically by using correlation Regression.
Increase in cervical pain will lead to decrease in quality of life in all different domains
Disability is directly correlated to quality of life
Disability, Quality of life
