The Association Between Physicians' Communication and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Spine Surgery.

CONCLUSION: Patient satisfaction with physician communication was not associated with 1-year postoperative improvement in EQ-5D, PDQ, and VAS-Pain after spine surgery. These findings do not diminish the importance of effective communication between doctor and patient, but instead suggest that within the spine surgery setting, using only patient experience data may not accurately reflect the true quality of care received during their inpatient stay. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3. PMID: 32675615 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Pain Physician - July 19, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Rabah NM, Levin JM, Winkelman RD, Mroz TE, Steinmetz MP Tags: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) Source Type: research