Objectives: The aims of this study are to answer the following questions (1) How does the pain intensity of lumbar and cervical disc surgery patients change within a postoperative time frame of 5 years? (2) Which sociodemographic, medical, work-related, and psychological factors are associated with postoperative pain in lumbar and cervical disc surgery patients? Methods: The baseline survey (T0; n = 534) was conducted 3.6 days (SD 2.48) post-surgery in the form of face-to-face interviews. The follow-up interviews were conducted 3 months (T1; n = 486 patients), 9 months (T2; n = 457), 15 months (T3; n = 438), and 5 years (T4; n = 404) post-surgery. Pain intensity was measured on a numeric rating-scale (NRS 0–100). Estimated changes to and influences on postoperative pain by random effects were accounted by regression models. Results: Average pain decreased continuously over time in patients with lumbar herniated disc (Wald Chi² = 25.97, p<0.001). In patients with cervical herniated disc a reduction of pain was observed, albeit not significant (Chi² = 7.02, p = 0.135). Two predictors were associated with postoperative pain in lumbar and cervical disc surgery patients: the subjective prognosis of gainful employment (p<0.001) and depression (p<0.001). Conclusion: In the majority of disc surgery patients, a long-term reduction of pain was observed. Cervical surgery patients seemed to benefit less from surgery than the lumbar surgery patients. A negative subjective prognosis of gainful employment and stronger depressive symptoms were associated with postoperative pain. The findings may promote multimodal rehabilitation concepts including psychological and work-related support.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-206139 |
| Date | 28 June 2016 |
| Creators | Dorow, Marie, Löbner, Margrit, Stein, Janine, Pabst, Alexander, Konnopka, Alexander, Meisel, Hans J., Günther, Lutz, Meixensberger, Jürgen, Stengler, Katarina, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Hamburg, Universitätsklinikum, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Klinikum St. Georg, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Public Library of Science, |
| Publisher | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | PLoS ONE 11(5): e0156647. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0156647 |
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