Table 3.
Time | Thoracic spine (n = 58) (n = 55)§ | Lumbar spine (n = 49) (n = 46)§ | Difference between T/S and L/S | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P | ||
von Korff’s pain intensity score | 3 weeks | 70.7 | 21.9 | 71.0 | 16.0 | NS |
3 months | 62.1* | 21.0 | 60.7* | 22.0 | NS | |
6 months | 62.0* | 20.1 | 59.2* | 23.3 | NS | |
12 months | 63.8* | 21.0 | 56.6* | 24.8 | NS | |
von Korff’s disability score | 3 weeks | 66.5 | 23.9 | 71.8 | 23.2 | NS |
3 months | 54.1* | 24.1 | 59.0* | 27.1 | NS | |
6 months | 50.0* | 25.0 | 52.3* | 30.5 | NS | |
12 months | 54.7* | 24.8 | 53.0* | 31.3 | NS | |
EQ-5D | 3 weeks | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | NS |
3 months | 0.58* | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.43 | NS | |
6 months | 0.56* | 0.31 | 0.52* | 0.41 | NS | |
12 months | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.53* | 0.41 | NS | |
Hannover ADL score | 3 weeks | 36.8 | 23.0 | 38.9 | 21.1 | NS |
3 months | 49.8* | 23.4 | 45.8 | 26.8 | NS | |
6 months | 45.7* | 24.8 | 45.9 | 28.3 | NS | |
12 months | 45.7* | 24.8 | 49.8* | 28.2 | NS |
NS not significant
* Comparison with 3 weeks result, significant difference P < 0.05
§Number of patients for the von Korff’s disability score analysis = total 101 patients