Abstract

Cervical radiculopathy (CR) causes pain, numbness, and weakness in the neck, shoulders, arms, and hands. Pain is an important symptom affecting patients. This study aimed to compare neck disability, functional disability, depression, and quality of life according to pain severity in patients with CR and to examine the relationship between them. Sixty-three patients with CR with mild pain (25 patients, 43.44±10.42 years) and moderate/severe pain (38 patients, 43.97±11.11 years) according to the visual analog scale (VAS) were included. Disability (Neck disability index (NDI)), functional disability (Cervical radiculopathy impact scale (CRIS)), depression (Beck depression inventory (BDI)), and quality of life (Short form-12 (SF-12)) were evaluated. The groups' baseline features were similar (p>0.05). The moderate/severe pain group had statistically significantly higher NDI, CRIS-symptoms, CRIS-actions and activities, and BDI scores than the mild pain group (p

Key words: Cervical radiculopathy, pain, disability, depression, quality of life