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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 Stoevelaar
Published 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.
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