Title
Pain perception and patient satisfaction after conservative versus surgical low back pain management: Questionnaire-based comparative study
Authors
Mohd Merazul Ashekin1, Hemjit Das2, Vidula Gowardhan3 & Mustafa AI-Jaafar4,*
Affiliation
1Department of Internal Medicine, Aurora Specialized Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2Department of Orthopedics, Tinsukia Medical College & Hospital, Tinsukia, Assam, India; 3Department of Pathology, NKP Salve Institute Medical Sciences and Research centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital Nagpur, India; 4Department of Trauma and Orthopedics, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, United Kingdom; *Corresponding author
Mohd Merazul Ashekin - E-mail: ashekinmerazul@gmail.com; Phone: +880 1616-884406
Hemjit Das - E-mail: hemjit.das25@gmail.com
Vidula Gowardhan - E-mail: vidulagowardhan@gmail.com
Mustafa AI-Jaafar - E-mail: mnjk2007@yahoo.com; Phone: +004 47442683921
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
Low back pain remains a leading cause of disability and uncertainty persists regarding optimal treatment selection between conservative and surgical approaches. A key reason that individuals have trouble deciding on the best route to take, surgical type or conservative type, as treatment options is because there is still a lack of clarity surrounding which type of treatment options to use. Therefore, it is of interest to analyse pain perception and patient satisfaction in 100 participants (50 patients receiving surgery, 50 patients receiving conservative treatment). Both conservative and surgical treatments resulted in significant reductions in pain scores; however, the surgical treatment group had a greater positive impact (mean pain reduction 68.9% versus 52.3%) and greater patient satisfaction (4.1 mean satisfaction score, versus 3.4 mean satisfaction score; p < 0.05). Functional improvement was greater following surgery and recurrence of back pain was more prevalent in the conservative treatment group. Thus, we show that the clinical severity, expected outcomes and patient preferences should be taken into consideration when selecting treatment options in order to optimize recovery and ensure patient satisfaction.
Keywords
Low back pain (LBP), pain perception, conservative management, surgical management, patient satisfaction, questionnaire-based study, comparative analysis, treatment outcomes, rehabilitation, quality of life
Citation
Ashekin et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 1978-1981 (2026)
Edited by
A Prashanth
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
