PMID- 38064702 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240304 LR - 20240304 IS - 1547-5646 (Electronic) IS - 1547-5646 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Mar 1 TI - Risk factors for not reaching minimal clinically important difference at 90 days and 1 year after elective lumbar spine surgery: a cohort study. PG - 343-350 LID - 10.3171/2023.9.SPINE23483 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Patient-perceived functional improvement is a core metric in lumbar surgery for degenerative disease. It is important to identify both modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors that can be evaluated and possibly optimized prior to elective surgery. This case-control study was designed to study risk factors for not achieving the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Function 4-item Short Form (PROMIS PF) score. METHODS: The authors queried the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative database to identify patients who underwent elective lumbar surgical procedures with PROMIS PF scores. Cases were divided into two cohorts based on whether patients achieved MCID at 90 days and 1 year after surgery. Patient characteristics and operative details were analyzed as potential risk factors. RESULTS: The authors captured 10,922 patients for 90-day follow-up and 4453 patients (40.8%) did not reach MCID. At the 1-year follow-up period, 7780 patients were identified and 2941 patients (37.8%) did not achieve MCID. The significant demographic characteristic-adjusted relative risks (RRs) for both groups (RR 90 day, RR 1 year) included the following: symptom duration > 1 year (1.34, 1.41); previous spine surgery (1.25, 1.30); African American descent (1.25, 1.20); chronic opiate use (1.23, 1.25); and less than high school education (1.20, 1.34). Independent ambulatory status (0.83, 0.88) and private insurance (0.91, 0.85) were associated with higher likelihood of reaching MCID at 90 days and 1 year, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Several key unique demographic risk factors were identified in this cohort study that precluded optimal postoperative functional outcomes after elective lumbar spine surgery. With this information, appropriate preoperative counseling can be administered to assist in shaping patient expectations. FAU - Hamilton, Travis AU - Hamilton T AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Lim, Seokchun AU - Lim S AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Telemi, Edvin AU - Telemi E AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Yun, Ho Jun AU - Yun HJ AD - 2Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit. FAU - Macki, Mohamed AU - Macki M AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Schultz, Lonni AU - Schultz L AD - 3Public Health Sciences. FAU - Yeh, Hsueh-Han AU - Yeh HH AD - 4Center for Health Services Research, and. FAU - Springer, Kylie AU - Springer K AD - 3Public Health Sciences. FAU - Taliaferro, Kevin AU - Taliaferro K AD - 5Orthopedics, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. FAU - Perez-Cruet, Miguelangelo AU - Perez-Cruet M AD - 6Department of Neurosurgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. FAU - Aleem, Ilyas AU - Aleem I AD - Departments of7Orthopaedic Surgery and. FAU - Park, Paul AU - Park P AD - 8Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and. FAU - Easton, Richard AU - Easton R AD - 9Department of Orthopedic Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital-Troy, Michigan. FAU - Nerenz, David R AU - Nerenz DR AD - 4Center for Health Services Research, and. FAU - Schwalb, Jason M AU - Schwalb JM AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Abdulhak, Muwaffak AU - Abdulhak M AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. FAU - Chang, Victor AU - Chang V AD - Departments of1Neurosurgery. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231208 PL - United States TA - J Neurosurg Spine JT - Journal of neurosurgery. Spine JID - 101223545 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Black or African American MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cohort Studies MH - *Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - Risk Factors MH - *Spine/surgery OTO - NOTNLM OT - disparities OT - lumbar spine OT - patient-reported outcomes OT - risk factors OT - spine registry EDAT- 2023/12/08 18:42 MHDA- 2024/03/04 06:45 CRDT- 2023/12/08 16:53 PHST- 2023/05/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/04 06:45 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/08 18:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/08 16:53 [entrez] AID - 10.3171/2023.9.SPINE23483 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Dec 8;40(3):343-350. doi: 10.3171/2023.9.SPINE23483. Print 2024 Mar 1.