Table 1 Descriptive features of demographics (n = 404)
From: The effects of psychological distress after surgery in patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion
Normal patients | 59.84 ± 11.18 |
Psychological distress (Years, SD) | 62.40 ± 9.60 |
Sex (n, %) | |
Female | 230 (56.9%) |
Male | 174 (43.1%) |
Education years mean (SD | |
Normal patients | 10.63 ± 4.12 |
Psychological distress | 9.20 ± 3.77 |
At working | 58 (14.4%) |
Retired | 218 (54%) |
Sick leave | 12 (3%) |
Unemployed | 64 (15.8%) |
Housewives | 52 (12.9%) |
Duration of symptoms, months (n, %) Mean (SD) | |
Leg pain | 44(10.9%)41.47 ± 106.98 |
Low back pain and leg pain | 360(89.1%) 57.12 ± 73.08 |
Indication for fusion (n, %) | |
Spinal stenosis | 316 (78.2%) |
Disc herniation or degeneration | 44 (10.9%) |
Degenerative spondylolisthesis | 22 (5.45%) |
Degenerative scoliosis | 22 (5.45%) |