Correlations Between Family History of Psychiatric Illnesses and Outcomes of Spinal Cord Stimulation

ConclusionsSubjects with PFH may experience less improvement in disability following SCS as compared to subjects without PFH. They may take longer to achieve the same outcomes, including pain relief and decrease in pain rumination. Our findings show that improvements in the PFH cohort are equivalent to that of the no PFH cohort on all measures except ODI at 12 ‐month follow‐up. Thus obtaining a detailed PFH prior to performing SCS is important in order to implement pre‐operative coping training for PFH patients, rather than exclusion from SCS.

Source: Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface - May 4, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Breanna L. Sheldon, Olga Khazen, Paul J. Feustel, Guy Gechtman, Gavril Rosoklija, Shrey Patel, Marisa DiMarzio, Cheyanne Bridger, Rachel Dentinger, Julia Slyer, Julie G. Pilitsis Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research