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The Low-Again Consequence Scale and the Oswestry incapacity index: are they reflective of affected person satisfaction after discectomy? A cross sectional examine.
J Backbone Surg. 2017 Dec;three(four):554-560
Authors: Azimi P, Benzel EC
Summary
Background: The Low-Again Consequence Scale (LBOS) of Greenough and Fraser and the Oswestry incapacity index (ODI) had been in comparison with the affected person satisfaction index (PSI) in lumbar disc herniation (LDH) surgical procedure.
Strategies: A complete of 134 sufferers who underwent discectomy had been adopted by means of evaluation of pre- and post-surgical satisfaction by the PSI, the LBOS, and the ODI. The LBOS had been rated as happy if the outcomes had been glorious or good and as dissatisfied if honest and poor. Contemplating the ODI, clinically happy was outlined as a 13-point enchancment from the baseline ODI scores. Phi (?) correlation evaluation was used to review the correlation among the many PSI, the LBOS and the ODI scores as proxy for sufferers’ satisfaction.
Outcomes: Imply age of sufferers was 48.9 years. Important enchancment from the pre- to post-operative ODI scores was noticed. Submit-surgical satisfaction based mostly on the PSI, the ODI, and the LBOS had been 70.9%, 76.eight%, and 81.three%, respectively. Concerning affected person satisfaction, there have been weak associations between LBOS vs. PSI and ODI vs. PSI (?=-Zero.054, P=Zero.533) and (?=-Zero.129, P=Zero.136), respectively.
Conclusions: Our examine confirmed that the ODI and the LBOS weren’t reflective of sufferers’ satisfaction after discectomy.
PMID: 29354731 [PubMed]