ArticleJournal of pain research2017
Depression, social factors, and pain perception before and after surgery for lumbar and cervical degenerative vertebral disc disease.
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- The prevalence of depression in patients with lumbar degenerative disk disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- The prevalence of depression in degenerative spine disease patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021Pooled it
- The challenges of nursing care for patients with lumbar discectomy: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2024Review
- Predicting Acute Changes in Depressive Symptoms Following Lumbar Decompression.International journal of spine surgery · 2022Article
- Depression and anxiety in cervical degenerative disc disease: Who are susceptible?Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Role of Cervical Muscles Morphology in the Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease: Clinical Correlations Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2021Review
- Cervical Spondylopathy and Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation Coexist in Free Radical Metabolism and Focus Separation in the Body.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Article
- Mesenchymal stem cells: amazing remedies for bone and cartilage defects.Stem cell research & therapy · 2020Review
- Updated Understanding of the Degenerative Disc Diseases - Causes Versus Effects - Treatments, Studies and Hypothesis.Current genomics · 2020Review
- Moderate Fluid Shear Stress Could Regulate the Cytoskeleton of Nucleus Pulposus and Surrounding Inflammatory Mediators by Activating the FAK-MEK5-ERK5-cFos-AP1 Signaling Pathway.Disease markers · 2018Article
- Comorbidities associated with cervical spine degenerative disc disease.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of psychosocial factors on pain levels and depression, before and after surgical treatment, in patients with degenerative lumbar and cervical vertebral disc disease. PATIENTS AND
methodsThe study included 188 patients (98 women, 90 men) who were confirmed to have cervical or lumbar degenerative disc disease on magnetic resonance imaging, and who underwent a single microdiscectomy procedure, with no postoperative surgical complications. All patients completed two questionnaires before and after surgery - the Beck Depression Inventory scale (I-IV) and the Visual Analog Scale for pain (0-10). On hospital admission, all patients completed a social and demographic questionnaire. The first pain and depression questionnaire evaluations were performed on the day of hospital admission (n=188); the second on the day of hospital discharge, 7 days after surgery (n=188); and the third was 6 months after surgery (n=140).
resultsPatient ages ranged from 22 to 72 years, and 140 patients had lumbar disc disease (mean age, 42.7±10.99 years) and 44 had cervical disc disease (mean age, 48.9±7.85 years). Before surgery, symptoms of depression were present in 47.3% of the patients (11.7% cervical; 35.6% lumbar), at first postoperative evaluation in 25.1% of patients (7% cervical; 18.1% lumbar), and 6 months following surgery in 31.1% of patients (7.5% cervical; 23.6% lumbar). Patients with cervical disc disease who were unemployed had the highest incidence of depression before and after surgery (
conclusionThis study highlighted the association between social and demographic factors, pain perception, and depression that may persist despite surgical treatment for degenerative vertebral disc disease.
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