Table 6.
Baseline characteristics by 12-month SF-36 health transition item and satisfaction rating: mean (SD) or count (proportion)
| SF-36 health transition item | Satisfaction rating | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About the same (n = 32) | Somewhat better (n = 39) | p value* | Somewhat dissatisfied (n = 11) | Somewhat satisfied (n = 26) | p value* | |
| Age | 50.9 (12.0) | 51.3 (9.0) | .8885 | 51.0 (13.2) | 50.2 (11.8) | .8670 |
| BMI | 30.0 (7.9) | 29.9 (5.4) | .9547 | 26.5 (6.7) | 31.0 (6.0) | .0740 |
| Pain duration | 3.0 (3.1) | 5.4 (5.0) | .0188 | 3.7 (4.0) | 6.0 (6.4) | .2042 |
| Female gender | 24 (75.0 %) | 25 (64.1 %) | .4402 | 7 (63.6 %) | 18 (69.2 %) | 1.000 |
| Prior lumbar fusion | 12 (37.5 %) | 18 (46.2 %) | .4812 | 7 (63.6 %) | 11 (42.3 %) | .2953 |
| Current smoker | 10 (31.3 %) | 6 (15.4 %) | .2816 | 4 (36.4 %) | 7 (26.9 %) | .3721 |
| Former smoker | 8 (25.0 %) | 12 (30.8 %) | .2816 | 1 (9.1 %) | 8 (30.8 %) | .3721 |
| Baseline ODI | 56.5 (11.4) | 54.1 (9.9) | .3552 | 54.0 (11.8) | 56.1 (9.2) | .6037 |
| Baseline SIJ pain | 78.19 (11.8) | 82.5 (10.9) | .1173 | 75.0 (15.6) | 77.9 (12.4) | .5891 |
* Difference between the two subsets of patients