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Table 1 Baseline patient data

From: Preoperative cognitive-behavioural intervention improves in-hospital mobilisation and analgesic use for lumbar spinal fusion patients

Patient characteristics

CBT group

Control group

(n = 59)

(n = 31)

Male gender

23 (39)

16 (52)

Age (year ± SD)

51.4 (9.2)

47.7 (8.9)

Smoking n (%)

20 (32)

10 (30)

Working status

  

 Employed

 Unemployed

 Disability pension

 Early retirement

32 (54)

11 (19)

9 (15)

7 (12)

15 (48)

11 (36)

5 (16)

0 (0)

Diagnosis

  

 Spondylolisthesis

16 (27)

7 (23)

 Degenerative disc disease

43 (73)

24 (77)

Surgical procedures

  

 PLF

41 (69)

12 (39)

 TLIF

17 (29)

19 (61)

 Uninstrumented

1 (2)

0 (0)

Previous spine surgery

  

 Spondylodesis

2 (3)

1 (3)

 Decompression

7 (11)

1 (3)

Fusion levels

  

 One

36 (62)

20 (69)

 Two

19 (32)

8 (27)

 Three

4 (7)

3 (10)

Disability (ODI)

  

 Mean (SD)

40.7 (13.2)

40.8 (15)

Pain (LBPRS)

  

 Back,median (25;75 percentile)

7.0 (5.3;8.0)

7.2 (6.0;8.0)

 Leg, median (25;75 percentile)

6.3 (4.3;7.7)

6.3 (3.7;8.3)

Quality of life (EQ-5D)

0.655 (0.389;0.723)

0.627 (0.356;0.723)

  1. Numbers are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated
  2. EQ-5D EuroQol 5 Dimensions, LBPRS low back pain rating scale, ODI oswestry disability index, PLF posterolateral fusion, TLIF transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion