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22 May 2023 : Clinical Research  

A Study of 179 Patients with Degenerative Stenosis of the Lumbosacral Spine to Evaluate Differences in Quality of Life and Disability Outcomes at 12 Months, Between Conservative Treatment and Surgical Decompression

Dawid Sobański ORCID logo123ABCDEF*, Rafał Staszkiewicz245AE, Marcin Gadzieliński245EF, Magdalena K. Stachura16E, Ryszard Adam Czepko13D, Mateusz Holiński1E, Ryszard Czepko13F, Beniamin Oskar Garbarek245CDEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940213

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940213

Table 6 Results of the FACIT-F survey, in patients treated surgically and conservatively.

Time (months)Aspect of lifeSurgical treatment groupConservative treatment groupP-value (t-test)
0<0.0001
Physical well-being8.2±1.1914.98±2.16<0.0001
Social/family well-being9.11±2.1119.98±2.14<0.0001
Emotional well-being8.98±1.9111.99±3.17<0.0001
Functional well-being7.87±3.1219.54±2.54<0.0001
Fatigue subscale35.98±3.1127.11±2.98<0.0001
1<0.0001
Physical well-being17.98±2.4117.99±2.130.6512
Social/family well-being11.87±2.0921.91±3/48<0.0001
Emotional well-being17.87±1.5618.91±2.540.3256
Functional well-being14.54±3.1623.17±1.98<0.0001
Fatigue subscale29.09±4.0121.09±2.15<0.0001
6<0.0001
Physical well-being17.77±1.3418.15±2.740.2378
Social/family well-being13.11±2.1022.10±2.16<0.0001
Emotional well-being18.91±1.5818.18±2.110.5128
Functional well-being15.11±2.0124.11±3.45<0.0001
Fatigue subscale21.11±1.4117.12±3.81<0.0001
12<0.0001
Physical well-being20.19±2.1924.09±1.23<0.0001
Social/family well-being15.98±2.1722.12±1.98<0.0001
Emotional well-being17.76±2.1818.19±2.130.2765
Functional well-being15.65±2.4523.20±2.88<0.0001
Fatigue subscale20.01±1.2315.64±2.11<0.0001
FACIT-F – Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue. Data are presented as mean±standard deviation.

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