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. 2007 Sep 12;17(2):272–280. doi: 10.1007/s00586-007-0494-8

Table 4.

Score of the different outcome measures according to operational diagnosis

Spondylolisthesis Primary degeneration Secondary degeneration
Instrumented Non-instrumented Instrumented Non-instrumented Instrumented Non-instrumented
Dallas pain questionaire
    Daily activities 34.2 (22.4) 21.4 (19.3) 33.7 (30.9) 45.2 (20.8) 41.9 (29.1) 28.4 (24.9)
    Work-leisure 27.7 (31.0) 30.0 (33.0) 35.0 (33.2) 36.9 (28.0) 45.0 (33.9) 37.1 (34.0)
    Anxiety/depression 24.5 (30.6) 18.7 (28.9) 17.4 (22.7) 26.6 (23.4)*** 27.5 (27.1) 33.8 (32.4)
    Social interest 15.4 (20.0) 11.3 (23.0) 17.5 (21.8) 21.8 (23.6) 23.4 (26.5) 19.7 (22.7)
Oswestry disability index
    ODI score 30.9 (14.8) 18.2 (13.9)* 31.1 (21.6) 35.1 (15.0) 36.3 (17.0) 34.4 (23.1)
SF-36
    Physical component score 43.6 (10.3) 42.7 (11.7) 38.9 (13.6) 36.5 (8.0) 35.8 (10.3) 40.3 (11.0)
    Mental component score 49.3 (8.8) 55.5 (12.1)** 50.0 (10.6) 52.7 (9.5) 47.8 (13.5) 52.2 (10.9)

Values are mean (standard deviation)

*P = 0.0287, **P = 0.0523, ***P = 0.0860

P-values are Mann–Whitney rank-sum test that the groups are equal