Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài:Health-related quality of life of patients following selected types of lumbar spinal surgery: A pilot study | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Health-related quality of life of patients following selected types of lumbar spinal surgery A pilot study Karen L Saban 1 Sue M Penckofer1 Ida Androwich1 and Fred B Bryant2 Address 1Niehoff School of Nursing Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL USA and 2Department of Psychology Loyola University Chicago Chicago IL USA Email Karen L Saban - KSaban@ Sue M Penckofer - SPencko@ Ida Androwich - IAndrow@ Fred B Bryant - FBryant@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 28 December 2007 Received 26 July 2007 I. J Z- p. rp z . r. 1 J. 1 I mz i ZTT -7P--7P- r -7 1 Accepted 28 December 2007 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 5 71 doi 1477-7525-5-71 This article is available from http content 5 1 71 2007 Saban et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Over 500 000 spinal surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Although pain relief and improved health-related quality of life HRQOL are expectations following lumbar spinal surgery there is limited research regarding this experience from the individual s perspective. In addition no studies have examined the HRQOL of persons who have had this surgery using a comprehensive approach. The intent of this study was to address this deficiency by an assessment of both the individual and environmental factors that impact perceived HRQOL using the Wilson and Cleary Model for Health-Related Quality of Life in persons who have undergone lumbar spinal surgery. Methods This was a pilot study of 57 adult patients undergoing elective lumbar spinal surgery for either herniated disk and or degenerative changes. Individuals completed .
