Validating Goal Attainment in Veterans Undergoing Decompressive Laminectomy: A Preliminary Study.

Pain Medicine : the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
Keelin MoehlDebra K Weiner

Abstract

Although decompressive laminectomy (DL) for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common procedure among older adults, it is unclear whether surgical definitions of success translate into patient-defined success. Using goal attainment scaling (GAS) to compare goal achievement between individuals, we investigated the relationship between surgical-defined functional recovery and achievement of personalized goals in patients who underwent DL for LSS. Twenty-eight community-dwelling veterans scheduled to undergo DL. Participants were interviewed over the phone to set 1-year post-DL goals within 30 days before undergoing DL. Brigham Spinal Stenosis (BSS) score, comorbidities, cognitive function, and psychological factors also were assessed. GAS and BSS were repeated 1 year after DL. GAS scores were transformed into GAS-T scores (T-score transformation) to standardize achievement between patients and GAS-T change scores to compare study variables. Seventeen of 28 participants had successful DL outcomes by BSS standards, though none of the participants achieved all of their GAS goals, with follow-up GAS-T scores averaging 44.5 ± 16.8. All three BSS scales positively correlated with GAS-T change scores: severity change r = 0.52, P = 0.005;...Continue Reading

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