Meeting Patient Expectations or Achieving a Minimum Clinically Important Difference: Predictors of Satisfaction Among Lumbar Fusion Patients

CONCLUSIONS: The majority of patients achieved MCID and had their back and leg pain expectations met by 1 year. Both measures were significant predictors of patient satisfaction and suggest that MCID achievement may act as a suitable substitute for patient satisfaction.PMID:34465014 | DOI:10.31616/asj.2021.0138

Source: Asian Spine Journal - September 1, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Elliot D K Cha Conor P Lynch Caroline N Jadczak Shruthi Mohan Cara E Geoghegan Kern Singh Source Type: research