Social Phobia In Patients With Coccydynia

Abstract

Purpose: Coccygeal pain is a painful condition in the coccyx region that affects the quality of life, and many physiological and psychological factors play a role in its etiology. Social phobia is an important behavioral disorder that prevents individuals from being in many social environments, reduces their quality of life, and distracts them from building interpersonal relationships. While conducting this study, we aim to examine the social phobia status of the patients who applied with the complaint of coccydynia and to determine the emotional symptoms and negative consequences of social phobia that occur with the disease.

Material-Method: 40 patients aged 25-50 years completed the study. 40 healthy individuals with similar demographic characteristics and who applied on the same dates were taken as the control group. The participants were evaluated through the physical examination and radiographic examinations. Those who had coccyx pain for at least 3 months and those who had pain triggered by sitting on the coccyx, standing up from a sitting position, defaecation, and coitus met the criteria for admission to the study. The pain levels of our patients were classified according to the visual pain scale (VAS) score. The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale was applied to evaluate social phobia. Calculations were made with SPSS 18 (SPSS, Chicago, Ill., USA).

Findings: As a result of the Pearson correlation analysis conducted to examine whether there is a significant relationship between social phobia score and VAS score in the scope of our study, a weak correlation relationship was found between the variables. It was observed that there was no significant difference between the social phobia score and the VAS score in the gender groups.

Result: It is obtained that according to the results, it was found that the social phobia score did not change in the case and control groups. There is a weak correlation between the VAS score and the social phobia score. We believe new studies are needed in patients with different pain levels and disease severity.