Se estimează că 60-80% din populaŃie pe parcursul vieŃii este afectată de o oarecare formă de durere lombară si la 5-19% în sfârsit se va dezvolta durerea lombară cronică. Impactul factorilor psihologici si sociali asupra etiologiei durerii lombare a fost mult timp subestimat, tratamentul fiind de obicei limitat la operaŃii chirurgicale. Progresul stiinŃific a permis elaborarea noilor modalităŃi de tratament, ce ar putea să includă unele metodologii psihoterapeutice. Studiul dat reprezintă o sinteză a altor studii si, totodată, o analiză a cazurilor pacienŃilor cu durere lombară de la Institutul de Neurologie si Neurochirurgie, Chisinău, Republica Moldova, cu scopul de a demonstra importanŃa implicării factorilor psihologici în cronicizarea durerii lombare.

It’s estimated that from 60% to 80% of people are affected by a kind of form of low back pain during their lifetime and from 5% to 10% eventually develop chronic low back pain. The impact of psychological and social factors in the etiology of low back pain was underestimated for a long period and in the past the treatment usually was limited to surgical options. Scientific advances have yielded new treatment modalities which can also include some psycho-therapeutic methodologies. The current study is a synthesis of other studies and is also an analysis of low back history of some patients from Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute, Chişinău, Republic of Moldova in order to demonstrate the importance of implication of psychological factors in the development of chronic low back pain.