Sensory Symptoms and Effects on Health-related Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery

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BACKGROUND: Patients with lumbar degenerative spine diseases (LDSDs) commonly report sensory symptoms before and after lumbar spine surgery.

AIM: To explore the changing patterns of sensory symptoms-namely pain, numbness, stinging, itching, and burning-and investigate the influences of sensory symptom changes on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients who experienced lumbar spine surgery.

METHODS: All sensory symptoms (i.e., pain, numbness, paresthesia) were measured using a visual analog scale. The Chinese versions of the Oswestry Disability Index, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale, and EuroQol-five dimensions (EQ-5D) Scale were used to assess patients 1 week prior to surgery and 6 weeks and 6 months after surgery. A generalized estimating equation was used for data analysis.

RESULTS: A total of 101 patients with mean age of 58.38 years were included. All sensory symptoms declined significantly over time (all p < .05) with the exception of itching (feeling on toes and thighs). Patients experiencing moderate-to-severe pain had poorer QoL over time, even after controlling for other sensory symptoms and potential confounders.

CONCLUSIONS: Sensory symptoms gradually declined after surgery, but itching symptom did not. Moderate-to-severe pain was the only sensory symptom that influenced HRQoL over time in patients with LDSDs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses - 24(2023), 2 vom: 05. Apr., Seite 216-221

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cai, Xin-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Jiann-Her [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wen-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jau-Ching [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Pin-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chiu, Hsiao-Yean [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 18.04.2023

Date Revised 02.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pmn.2022.09.001

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NLM349098131