Patient selection for spinal cord stimulation: The importance of an integrated assessment of clinical and psychosocial factors.
Simon ThomsonNicky HelsenSimon PrangnellMery ParoliGanesan BaranidharanHayat BelaïdBart BilletSam EldabeGiuliano De CarolisLaura DemartiniKliment GatzinskyJan Willem KallewaardMatthias WinkelmüllerFrank HuygenHerman StoevelaarPublished in: European journal of pain (London, England) (2022)
This study confirms the relevance of the psychosocial factors embedded in the educational SCS e-health tool (https://scstool.org/). The strong relationship between the severity of psychosocial factors with patient outcomes supports conducting a comprehensive psychological and behavioural assessment when determining the eligibility of patients for SCS.