Effect of change in preoperative depression/anxiety on patient outcomes following lumbar spine surgery

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between positive change in depression or anxiety within three months post-operation and clinically meaningful changes in long-term clinical outcomes after lumbar spine surgery.

METHODS: This study included adults with preoperative diagnosis of depression or anxiety who underwent lumbar spine surgery in the Quality Outcomes Database (QOD) from 2012 to 2018 with either a 12- or 24-month follow-up. Positive change in depression and anxiety was assessed three months after surgery. Clinical outcomes measured included Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score for back pain (BP) and leg pain (LP), Oswestry Disability Index score (ODI) for disability, EuroQol Visual Analog Scale score (EQ-VAS) for health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and North American Spine Surgery (NASS) index score for patient satiaction measured at 12- and 24 months after surgery.

RESULTS: Of the 9,656 and 1,393 patients who were included in the 12- and 24-month cohort, respectively, 7,277 patients (75.4 %) and 1,089 (78.2 %) experienced a positive change in depression or anxiety within three months after surgery. At both 12- and 24-month follow-up, patients who had positive change in depression or anxiety were more likely to achieve minimal clinically important changes in NRS-BP/LP, ODI, EQ-VAS, and NASS (all p < 0.01) compared to those who did not experience improvement in depression or anxiety.

CONCLUSION: Depression and anxiety are important comorbidities to consider in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery. Positive change in depression and anxiety are associated with improvements in pain, disability, satisfaction, and overall functioning.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:199

Enthalten in:

Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 199(2020) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 106312

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Park, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Alessandra N [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Chad [VerfasserIn]
Gottfried, Oren N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
Depression
Health-related quality of life
Journal Article
Lumbar spine surgery
Observational Study
Patient-reported outcomes

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.06.2021

Date Revised 16.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106312

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316385301