[Quality of life and back pain]

Back pain considering generality of its occurrence became an epidemiological problem. In a significant part the pain is persistent and not corresponds on treatment. An aim of this study was to explore a connection between chronicity of pain and quality of a life. An instrument of study was a questionnaire consisting of 6 groups of questions relating to a character of pain, its origin, and its influence on work, social and family relation. Thirty people (21 women and 9 men) in the age of 49 and 46 years with chronic back pain took part in examination. In relations of patients an origin of pain is strongly connected with character of work and beside of this pain would have a negative influence on life- satisfaction and a results of work. Results confirm a significant influence of pain on a quality of people life in different fields and besides of this they connect chronicity of process and its character with personal, psychological profile of participants.