About this trial
With this study the investigators want to perform a prospective observational cohort study at Zealand University Hospital, Koege, Denmark.
The purpose of this study is twofold:
1. to investigate how expectations predict patients' pain, rehabilitation and quality of life after spinal surgery. 2. to explore the patients' expectations before, and their experiences after, spinal surgery regarding pain, rehabilitation and quality of life.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
None
Trial population
All patients at Zealand University Hospital, undergoing spinal surgery during 1 year, will be invited to participate in the study.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Expectations
Expectations measured by Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX Q) pre-operatively and 3 month postoperatively
Patients Expectations
Expectations measured by a semi-structured interview pre-operatively
Secondary outcomes
Patients pain intensity
Pain level measured by Verbal Rating Scale (VRS) pre-operatively and 3 month post- operatively
Patients functional level
Functional level measured by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) pre-operatively and 3 month post-operatively
Quality of life score
Quality of life measured by WHO Quality of Life - BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) pre-opertively and 3 month post-operatively
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