Impact of surgery on pain, disability, and quality of life of patients with degenerative lumbar disease: Brazilian data

• Autor(a) principal: Rohrmoser,Ruy Gil
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Brasil,Albert V., Gago,Guilherme, Ferreira,Marcelo P., Worm,Paulo Valdeci, Kraemer,Jorge L., Ferreira,Nelson P.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2019000800536
• topic: spine surgery; intervertebral disc degeneration; outcome assessment (health care); disability; pain; quality of life; lumbar vertebrae; treatment outcomes; patient satisfaction; patient reported outcomes

ABSTRACT Objective: To study the impact of surgery on pain, disability, quality of life, and patient satisfaction in a sample of patients with Degenerative Lumbar Disease (DLD). Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. Comparison between pre and postoperative (6 – 12 months) ODI and SF-36, plus postoperative Patient Satisfaction Index. Results: From a total of 216 patients included, improvement was observed in average scores of pain (201.2%), disability (39.7%), physical quality of life (42%), and mental quality of life (37.8%). Among these patients, 57.7% reached or surpassed the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for ODI, 57.7% for the SF-36 pain component, 59.7% for the SF-36 physical component summary, and 50.5% achieved or surpassed the MCID for the SF-36 mental component summary. Conclusions: Surgery produced a significantly positive impact on pain, disability, and quality of life of patients. Overall, 82.5% of the patients were satisfied.