title: Low sense of coherence interferes with lumbar spinal stenosis patients' postoperative recovery: a prospective one-year follow-up study.
abstract: In a prospective observational study (N = 97) we examined the changes in the SOC score after a surgical intervention for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and the factors associated with low and high SOC scores. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the predictors for the lowest SOC tertile. The post-surgical recovery among the low SOC group halted on three-month follow-up, whereas in the high SOC group a steady improvement was detected up to one year postoperatively. Preoperative and postoperative depressive symptoms were highly pertinent to the SOC of LSS patients, both as an indicator and a predictor of a low one-year SOC.
authors.affiliation: Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation (2981), Tarinan sairaala, FI-71800 Siilinjärvi, Finland. sanna.sinikallio@kuh.fi
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinikallio
authors.forename: Soili M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lehto
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aalto
authors.forename: Olavi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Airaksinen
authors.forename: Heimo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Viinamäki
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000367:Age Factors; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome