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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2019 Oct 31;20(3):409–416. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2019.10.017

Table 4.

Correlation between PROMs

Number of observations (n) Pearson correlation coefficient (r) Strength of correlation p Value

NDI and PROMIS-PF
Preoperatively 106 −0.565 Moderate <0.0001
2 weeks 94 −0.600 Moderate <0.0001
6 weeks 82 −0.598 Moderate <0.0001
3 months 76 −0.689 Strong <0.0001
6 months 60 −0.622 Strong <0.0001
1 year 35 −0.705 Strong <0.0001
SF-12 PHS and NDI
Preoperatively 117 −0.551 Moderate <0.0001
2 weeks 111 −0.709 Strong <0.0001
6 weeks 97 −0.566 Moderate <0.0001
3 months 91 −0.678 Strong <0.0001
6 months 73 −0.679 Strong <0.0001
1 year 41 −0.749 Strong <0.0001
SF-12 PHS and PROMIS-PF
Preoperatively 105 0.687 Strong <0.0001
2 weeks 93 0.570 Moderate <0.0001
6 weeks 80 0.729 Strong <0.0001
3 months 73 0.729 Strong <0.0001
6 months 60 0.644 Strong <0.0001
1 year 34 0.822 Very strong <0.0001