Body Awareness and Mental Fatigue in Neck Pain

Summary

The primary aim of the study was to examine the difference between mental fatigue, in-body, out-of-body and mindfulness parameters in people with chronic neck pain compared to a healthy control group, and to analyze the relationships between mental fatigue and neck disability level and awareness levels, and between awareness levels and neck disability level and quality of life.

The secondary aim was to examine the relationships between pain intensity, frequency, duration, pain self-efficacy, physical condition, anxiety and depression, mental fatigue and awareness levels in people with chronic neck pain.

Conditions

• Neck Pain
• Mental Fatigue
• Mindfulness
• Awareness

Interventions

OTHER

Mental Fatigue:

The Mental Fatigue Scale (MFS) will be used to assess mental fatigue.

OTHER

Body Awareness:

Individuals' general body awareness will be assessed with the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ). Neck awareness of individuals will be assessed with the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreBFA). Short Form of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ - Short Form) will be used to assess people's mindfulness. \- In-body awareness: For the sense of interoception, the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale, which assesses interoceptive body awareness, will be used. To evaluate proprioception, a Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) device is used. The bucket test will be used to assess subjective visual verticality, which is one of the sub-dimensions of verticality perception. Two scales will be used to assess people's awareness of weight transfer symmetry. \- Out of Body Awareness: "Right-Left Confusion Hand Test" will be used to evaluate the mental rotation skill within the scope of the sense of extroception.

OTHER

Neck Disability Level

Neck disability index will be used to assess this parameter.

OTHER

Quality Of Life

SF-12 will be used to assess quality of life.

OTHER

Pain Assessment:

Pain intensity will be assessed by Visual Analog Scale (VAS). In addition, pain duration and pain frequency will be questioned. The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire will be used to assess the confidence of people with chronic pain to perform certain tasks and behaviors despite their pain.

OTHER

Physical Condition:

Normal range of motion of the cervical region will be evaluated with the "Cervical Range of Motion" device. New York Posture Rating Scale will be used to evaluate posture. Symmetry of weight transfer to both lower extremities of the individuals in standing upright position will be evaluated.

OTHER

Anxiety and Depression:

Beck Depression and Beck Anxiety scales will be used to assess depression and anxiety.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University

  lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-05-27

Primary Completion

2024-07-29

Completion

2024-09-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations