Comparing Preoperative Quality of Life Questionnaire in Lumbar Stenosis
SYLVIO MISTRO NETO,
EMíLIO CRISóSTOMO LIMA VERDE,
ANDRE Frazão ROSA
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To correlate the four quality of life questionnaires: Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), SF-36, Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire (SSS), and EQ-5D in patients who have not received surgical treatment of lumbar stenosis. Methods: Prospective cross-sectional study. Forty patients diagnosed with lumbar stenosis at a university hospital answered four quality-of-life questionnaires in a preoperative consultation. The scores of each questionnaire were tabulated and then compared. In statistical analysis, … Show more
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