Abstract:

The aim of the study was to compare neck awareness, muscular endurance, mental state and self-efficacy parameters in young adults with and without neck pain and to examine the relationship of awareness with pain intensity, muscular endurance and anxiety and depression in the group with neck pain. A total of 104 students with neck pain (n=41) and without neck pain (n=63) with a mean age of 22.85 ± 3.53 years were included in the study. Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Cervical Deep Flexor Muscle Endurance Test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreBAQ) were used to collect the data. When the groups were compared in terms of physical and psychosocial data, it was determined that the group with neck pain was negatively affected compared to the group without neck pain in terms of all parameters (p<0.05). In the group with neck pain, there was a positive correlation between the FreBAQ and the HAD scale values(p<0.05); there was no correlation between deep flexor neck muscular endurance and neck pain(p>0.05). According to the results of the study, neck pain negatively affects physical and psychological factors in university students and neck awareness is especially associated with anxiety and depression.

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