Lumbar spinal stenosis patients are satisfied with short-term results of surgery - Younger age, symptom severity, disability and depression decrease satisfaction

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Sinikallio, Sanna ^a   Aalto, Timo ^a,b   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Herno, Arto ^a   Kröger, Heikki ^a,b   Savolainen, Sakari ^a   Turunen, Veli ^a   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Patient satisfaction; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL STENOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34047225892     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600902646     Document Type: Article

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