caa a22 4500 477122752 CHVBK 20180405111641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026289416363 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026289416363 Predicting Quality of Life After Lumbar Spondylodesis [Elektronische Daten] [Heinz-Dieter Basler, Christiane Zimmer, Peter Griss, Thomas Wirth, Irmela Florin] Quality of life after spondylodesis was predicted by pretreatment psychological variables and findings in a standardized physical examination. Four quality-of-life criteria were used: functional capacity, vocational rehabilitation, satisfaction with the outcome of the operation, and pain intensity recorded in a pain diary. Those of six presurgery variables that proved to be associated with the outcome 9 months postsurgery, by means of a multiple stepwise regression procedure, were selected for discriminant analyses. The sample consisted of 50 consecutive patients who underwent either ventral (n = 10) or posterolateral (n = 40) spondylodesis with or without posterior instrumentation. Their average age was 44.9 years (SD = 12.9) with an average duration of pain of 8.6 years (SD = 8.8). Nearly half of the patients had had previous spine surgery. Follow-up data indicate that about half of the patients show a beneficial outcome in terms of quality-of-life measures. Discriminant analyses suggest that poor presurgical functional capacity and an unclear finding in the physical examination before surgery contribute to our knowledge about patients who are likely to show continuous pain and poor functional capacity after surgery. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1997 spondylodesis nationallicence quality of life nationallicence prediction nationallicence pain nationallicence functional capacity nationallicence Basler Heinz-Dieter Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut Zimmer Christiane Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut Griss Peter Department of Orthopedics, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut Wirth Thomas Department of Orthopedics, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut Florin Irmela Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany aut Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 4/3(1997-09-01), 313-326 1068-9583 4:3<313 1997 4 10880 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026289416363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026289416363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Basler Heinz-Dieter Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zimmer Christiane Institute for Medical Psychology, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Griss Peter Department of Orthopedics, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wirth Thomas Department of Orthopedics, Philipps University Medical Center, Marburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Florin Irmela Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 4/3(1997-09-01), 313-326 1068-9583 4:3<313 1997 4 10880 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer