Research Article

Usefulness of the Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients (BS-POP) for Predicting Poor Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression Surgery

Table 3

Preoperative status and satisfaction at 1 year after surgery.

Satisfied groupDissatisfied group value

N11047
Male/female64/4630/170.51
Mean age (y)66.6 ± 10.868.7 ± 8.50.39
Spondylolisthesis (+/−)55/5527/200.39
Degenerative scoliosis (+/−)21/899/380.99
Lumbar kyphosis (+/−)10/1004/430.91
Cauda equina symptoms (+/−)57/5333/140.03
High BS-POP score (+/−)10/10012/35<0.01

BS-POP, Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients.