Mental Health Associated with Postoperative Satisfaction in Lumbar Degenerative Surgery Patients

Patients with postoperative depression after lumbar degenerative spine surgery have significantly higher odds of dissatisfaction at 12 months, with mild depression conferring 6.1-fold and moderate/sev

Effect: decline; aOR = 7.5; CI: 95% CI = 1.3, 52

After adjusting for confounders and postoperative depression level, preoperative depression was not significantly associated with postoperative satisfaction at 12 months following lumbar degenerative

Effect: null; aOR not significant

After adjusting for confounders, neither preoperative nor postoperative anxiety was significantly associated with postoperative satisfaction at 12 months following lumbar degenerative spine surgery.

Effect: null; not significant (Table 4)