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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 101-B, Issue SUPP_10 | Pages 28 - 28
1 Oct 2019
Mannion A Mariaux F Porchet F Fekete T Jeszenszky D Haschtmann D Kleinstuck F Loibl M Elfering A
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Background

Depression, anxiety, catastrophising, and fear-avoidance beliefs are some of the so-called “yellow flags” that predict a poor outcome in back patients. Many surgeons have difficulty assessing yellow flags, perhaps due to the complexity of existing instruments and time constraints during consultations. We developed a brief tool to allow the systematic evaluation of core flags.

Methods

Data from 4 questionnaires (ZUNG depression (N=399); Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Anxiety-subscale) (N=308); Pain Catastrophising (N=766); Fear Avoidance Beliefs (N=736)) were analysed to identify the respective single item that best represented the full scale score. The 4 items formed the “Core Yellow Flags Index” (CYFI). 1'768 patients completed CYFI and a Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) preoperatively, and COMI 3 and 12mo later (FU).


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_10 | Pages 27 - 27
1 May 2017
Fekete T Haschtmann D Becker H Kleinstück F Porchet F Jeszenszky D Banczerowski P Mannion A
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Background

Patient-rated measures are the gold standard for assessing spine surgery outcomes, but there is no consensus on the appropriate timing of follow-up. Journals often demand a minimum 2-year follow-up, but the indiscriminate application of this principle may not be warranted. We examined the course of change in patient outcomes up to 5 years postoperatively.

Methods

The data from 3′334 consecutive patients (1′789 women, 1′545 men; aged 61±15 years) undergoing first-time surgery between 1.1.2005 and 31.12.2010 for differing lumbar degenerative disorders were evaluated. The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) was completed by 3′124 (94%) patients preoperatively, 3′164 (95%) at 3 months follow-up, 3′153 (95%) at 1 year, 3′112 (93%) at 2 years, and 2′897 (87%) at 5 years. 2′502 (75%) completed COMI at all five timepoints.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 96-B, Issue SUPP_4 | Pages 21 - 21
1 Feb 2014
Mannion A Kleinstück F Jeszenszky D Porchet F Haschtmann D Fekete T
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Purpose

A new approach to the reporting of health outcomes involves assessing the proportion of patients achieving a level of symptoms that they feel they could live with. We evaluated the acceptable level of pain in patients after surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH).

Methods

12 mo after first-time surgery for LDH, patients completed 0–10 scales for back pain and leg pain and a question: “if you had to spend the rest of your life with the symptoms you have now, how would feel about it?,” answered on a 5-point Likert scale from “very satisfied” to “very dissatisfied”. This was dichotomised and used as the external criterion in receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis to derive the cut-off score for pain that best indicated being at least “somewhat satisfied” with the symptom state.