Minimum clinically important change for outcome scores among patients aged 75 or over undergoing lumbar spine surgery.

Kosei NagataHideki NakamotoSo KatoYujiro TakeshitaNaohiro KawamuraTakashi OnoAkiro HigashikawaMasayoshi FukushimaSeiichi AzumaNobuhiro HaraHiroyuki OkaKo MatsudairaSakae TanakaYasushi Oshima

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)

In patients aged ≥ 75 years, PCS may not be feasible for evaluation of health transition. The MCIC value for ODI score was higher and that for EQ-5D/COMI score was lower in patients aged ≥ 75 years, compared with those in patients aged < 75 years.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
public health
coronary artery disease
risk assessment
patient reported