Eun-Joo Choi1, So Yeon Yoo2,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.22, No.2, pp. 93-104, 2020, DOI:10.32604/IJMHP.2020.011059
Abstract Chronic pain has a high prevalence rate and is difficult to treat because
it is associated with personality, socio-psychological problems as well as physical
pain, and thereby degrades one’s quality of life. This study aimed to determine
whether psychosocial factors are associated with quality of life among outpatients
with chronic pain. The subjects were selected from patients with chronic pain who
were receiving outpatient treatment at the mental health department of a university
hospital in Seoul, Korea. The participants were 100 patients and the data were
collected using structured questionnaires. Patients’ quality of life was significantly
positively correlated with pain… More >
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