Dor Crónica Lombar: Incapacidade Auto Reportada em Trabalhadores do Sector da Saúde e sua Relação com Fatores Psicossociais e Intensidade da Dor

Objective: To examine the association between pain catastrophizing, fear avoidance beliefs and intensity of pain with self reported functional disability in patients with chronic low back pain. Methods: An observational analytic cross-sectional sample of 90 individuals with chronic low back pain. Data collection was conducted through the following four measures: Questionnaire for QCLI survey variables, the Roland Morris,Disability Questionnaire; the pain catastrophizing scale; and the fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using the frequency distribution and measures of central tendency and the nonparametric correlation test of Spearman. Results: The pain catastrophizing variable obtained a correlation value with the self reported disability rs = 0.446, p