title: A pilot study of the use of pain questionnaires in vertebroplasty research.
abstract: Administration of comprehensive outcomes measures in elderly patients presenting for vertebroplasty is considered difficult. We administered a battery of 11 outcomes questionnaires with a total of 82 questions, both in person before vertebroplasty and by telephone after vertebroplasty in 20 consecutive patients (mean age, 74.5 years; 80% women). Initial and follow-up interviews required an average of 17.4 +/- 0.36 minutes (range, 14-21 minutes) and 27.2 +/- 0.73 minutes (range, 16-33 minutes), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA. gray.leigh@mayo.edu
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kallmes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome