What patient-reported outcomes scores are best for health-related quality of life for cervical spine surgery? 5 things to know

A new study published in Spine examines how comorbidity indices for patient outcomes evolved for cervical compression surgery. The researchers reviewed 86 cervical myelopathy cases where patients underwent decompression surgery between 2004 and 2010. The researchers found:

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1. The self-administered comorbidity questionnaire significantly correlated with the pre- and postoperative physical component summary scores and neck disability index scores.

 

2. The Charleston comorbidity index didn’t significantly correlate with any of the outcomes measures studies.

 

3. The CCIS was a poor predictor of postoperative health-related quality of life with only 0.2 percent of variance with the PCS score and only 0.4 percent of variance in the NDI score.

 

4. The self-administered comorbidity questionnaire was a significant predictor of postoperative health-related quality of life. The SCQ demonstrated 4 percent variance in PCS scores and 10.2 percent of variance in NDI scores.

 

5. The researchers concluded the SCQ scores is a more appropriate adjustment for health-related quality of life outcomes after cervical decompression surgery.

 

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