Risk factors for low back pain and its relation with pain related disability and depression in a Turkish sample.

Aim: To investigate the relation of depression and pain-related disability associated with Low Back Pain (LBP).

Material And Methods: The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Zung Depression Scale were sent to 3800 randomly select adults in Kayseri, Turkey. The demographic characteristics of the participants (Socioeconomic status, age etc) and low back pain (frequency, intensity, duration) features together with pain-related factors were investigated in responding participants.