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. 2022 Nov 23;16(6):1095–1102. doi: 10.14444/8365

Table 3.

Patient outcomes by depression/anxiety status and procedure type.

Outcome Measure Decompression Fusion
No Depression or Anxiety (n = 236) Depression or
Anxiety (n = 106)
P Value No Depression or Anxiety (n = 155) Depression or Anxiety (n = 99) P Value
Length of stay, d 0.48 ± 1.15 0.50 ± 1.85 0.898 2.62 ± 2.29 3.01 ± 2.39 0.194
Home discharge 235 (99.6) 105 (99.1) 0.524 a 139 (89.7) 85 (85.9) 0.358
90-d emergency department return 23 (9.7) 20 (18.9) 0.019 31 (20.0) 17 (17.2) 0.574
90-d readmission 6 (2.5) 8 (7.5) 0.031 20 (12.9) 12 (12.1) 0.855
1-y complication 2 (0.8) 6 (5.7) 0.012 a 9 (5.8) 4 (4.0) 0.533
 Hematoma 2 (0.8) 2 (1.9) 0.591 a 4 (2.6) 1 (1.0) 0.651 a
 Wound dehiscence or SSI 0 (0.0) 2 (1.9) 0.095 a 1 (0.6) 1 (1.0) 1.000 a
 Pulmonary embolism or DVT 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 0.310 a 1 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 1.000 a
 Compression fracture or broken hardware 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 0.310 a 1 (0.6) 1 (1.0) 1.000 a
 Other medical 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) N/A 2 (1.3) 1 (1.0) 1.000 a
1-y residual radiculopathy 13 (5.5) 10 (9.4) 0.180 3 (1.9) 3 (3.0) 0.575
1-y revision surgery 13 (5.5) 9 (8.5) 0.299 8 (5.2) 4 (4.0) 0.770 a
 Revision fusion 6 (2.5) 4 (3.8) 0.507 a 4 (2.6) 4 (4.0) 0.715 a
Follow-up, mo 7.2 ± 7.2 7.5 ± 8.3 0.712 10.6 ± 7.0 10.6 ± 7.7 0.953

Abbreviations: DVT, deep vein thrombosis; SSI, surgical site infection.

Note: P values <0.05 in bold.

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or n (%).

a

Fisher’s exact test.