PMID- 33130302 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210728 LR - 20210728 IS - 1878-1632 (Electronic) IS - 1529-9430 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Mar TI - Development of prediction models for clinically meaningful improvement in PROMIS scores after lumbar decompression. PG - 397-404 LID - S1529-9430(20)31201-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.10.026 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The ability to preoperatively predict which patients will achieve a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) after lumbar spine decompression surgery can help determine the appropriateness and timing of surgery. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) scores are an increasingly popular outcome instrument. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop algorithms predictive of achieving MCID after primary lumbar decompression surgery. PATIENT SAMPLE: This was a retrospective study at two academic medical centers and three community medical centers including adult patients 18 years or older undergoing one or two level posterior decompression for lumbar disc herniation or lumbar spinal stenosis between January 1, 2016 and April 1, 2019. OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome, MCID, was defined using distribution-based methods as one half the standard deviation of postoperative patient-reported outcomes (PROMIS physical function, pain interference, pain intensity). METHODS: Five machine learning algorithms were developed to predict MCID on these surveys and assessed by discrimination, calibration, Brier score, and decision curve analysis. The final model was incorporated into an open access digital application. RESULTS: Overall, 906 patients completed at least one PROMs survey in the 90 days before surgery and at least one PROMs survey in the year after surgery. Attainment of MCID during the study period by PROMIS instrument was 74.3% for physical function, 75.8% for pain interference, and 79.2% for pain intensity. Factors identified for preoperative prediction of MCID attainment on these outcomes included preoperative PROs, percent unemployment in neighborhood of residence, comorbidities, body mass index, private insurance, preoperative opioid use, surgery for disc herniation, and federal poverty level in neighborhood of residence. The discrimination (c-statistic) of the final algorithms for these outcomes was 0.79 for physical function, 0.74 for pain interference, and 0.69 for pain intensity with good calibration. The open access digital application for these algorithms can be found here: https://sorg-apps.shinyapps.io/promis_pld_mcid/ CONCLUSION: Lower preoperative PROMIS scores, fewer comorbidities, and certain sociodemographic factors increase the likelihood of achieving MCID for PROMIS after lumbar spine decompression. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Karhade, Aditya V AU - Karhade AV AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Fogel, Harold A AU - Fogel HA AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. FAU - Cha, Thomas D AU - Cha TD AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. FAU - Hershman, Stuart H AU - Hershman SH AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Doorly, Terence P AU - Doorly TP AD - Department of Neurosurgery, North Shore Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Kang, James D AU - Kang JD AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Bono, Christopher M AU - Bono CM AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Harris, Mitchel B AU - Harris MB AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. FAU - Schwab, Joseph H AU - Schwab JH AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. FAU - Tobert, Daniel G AU - Tobert DG AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. Electronic address: dtobert@partners.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201031 PL - United States TA - Spine J JT - The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society JID - 101130732 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Decompression MH - Humans MH - Information Systems MH - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - *Patient Reported Outcome Measures MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Lumbar decompression OT - MCID OT - Minimal clinically important difference OT - PROMIS OT - Patient-reported outcomes OT - Physical function OT - Prediction EDAT- 2020/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/29 06:00 CRDT- 2020/11/01 20:32 PHST- 2020/08/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/10/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/01 20:32 [entrez] AID - S1529-9430(20)31201-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.10.026 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Spine J. 2021 Mar;21(3):397-404. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.10.026. Epub 2020 Oct 31.