The lack of association between changes in functional outcomes and work retention in a chronic disabling occupational spinal disorder population: implications for the minimum clinical important difference.
The lack of association between changes in functional outcomes and work retention in a chronic disabling occupational spinal disorder population: implications for the minimum clinical important difference.
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DOI:
10.1097/brs.0b013e3181d41632
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发表时间:
2011-03-15
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3
通讯作者:
Gatchel RJ
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作者:
Wilson HD;Mayer TG;Gatchel RJ
A prospective study in a chronic pain/disability population, relating changes in the Oswestry Disability Inventory (ODI), as well as the Mental Component Summary (MCS) and Physical Component Summary (PCS) of the SF-36, to work retention (WR) status at one year post-rehabilitation. To explore the relationship between WR status and change in ODI, and the MCS and PCS of the SF-36, and determine if an MCID can be identified utilizing WR as an external criterion for the group of patients under consideration. Clinically meaningful change may be defined through self-report, physician-based, or objective criteria of improvement, although most assessments have been based on self-report assessment of improvement. The disability occurring after work-related spinal disorders lends itself to anchoring self-report measures to objective work status outcomes 1 year post-treatment. Additional research is needed to evaluate the relationship between change and objective markers of improvement. A consecutive cohort of patients (n=2,024) with chronic disabling occupational spinal disorders (CDOSDs) completed an interdisciplinary functional restoration program, and underwent a structured clinical interview for objective, socioeconomic outcomes at one year post-treatment. The average percent change in the ODI, as well as the MCS and PCS of the SF-36, were calculated for patients who successfully retained work and those who had not after completing a functional restoration program. Predictive ability of the percent change scores were evaluated through logistic regression analysis. No percent difference variables were strong predictors of work retention status one-year following treatment. The current analyses suggest that the ODI and SF-36 MCS and PCS measures are not responsive at the individual patient level when WR data are employed as the external criterion utilizing an anchor-based approach. This finding contrasts to reports of responsiveness based on distributional methods, or methods using self-report anchors of change.