• Neurosurgery · May 2017

    The Health Impact of Adult Cervical Deformity in Patients Presenting for Surgical Treatment: Comparison to United States Population Norms and Chronic Disease States Based on the EuroQuol-5 Dimensions Questionnaire.

    • Justin S Smith, Breton Line, Shay Bess, Christopher I Shaffrey, Han Jo Kim, Gregory Mundis, Justin K Scheer, Eric Klineberg, Michael O'Brien, Richard Hostin, Munish Gupta, Alan Daniels, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey L Gum, Frank J Schwab, Virginie Lafage, Renaud Lafage, Tamir Ailon, Peter Passias, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Todd J Albert, K Daniel Riew, Robert Hart, Doug Burton, Vedat Deviren, Christopher P Ames, and International Spine Study Group.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
    • Neurosurgery. 2017 May 1; 80 (5): 716-725.

    BackgroundAlthough adult cervical spine deformity (ACSD) is associated with pain and disability, its health impact has not been quantified in comparison to other chronic diseases.ObjectiveTo perform a comparative analysis of the health impact of symptomatic ACSD to US normative and chronic disease values using EQ-5D (EuroQuol-5 Dimensions questionnaire) scores.MethodsACSD patients presenting for surgical treatment were identified from a prospectively collected multicenter database. Baseline demographics and EQ-5D scores were collected and compared with US normative and disease state values.ResultsOf 121 ACSD patients, 115 (95%) completed the EQ-5D (60% women, mean age 61 years, previous spine surgery in 44%). Diagnoses included kyphosis with mid-cervical (63.4%), cervico-thoracic (23.5%), or thoracic (8.7%) apex and primary coronal deformity (4.3%). The mean ACSD EQ-5D index was 0.511 (standard definition = 0.224), which is 34% below the bottom 25th percentile (0.780) for similar age- and gender-matched US normative populations. Mean ACSD EQ-5D index values were worse than the bottom 25th percentile for several other disease states, including chronic ischemic heart disease (0.708), malignant breast cancer (0.708), and malignant prostate cancer (0.708). ACSD mean index values were comparable to the bottom 25th percentile values for blindness/low vision (0.543), emphysema (0.508), renal failure (0.506), and stroke (0.463). EQ-5D scores did not significantly differ based on cervical deformity type ( P = .66).ConclusionThe health impact of symptomatic ACSD is substantial, with negative impact across all EQ-5D domains. The mean ACSD EQ-5D index was comparable to the bottom 25th percentile values for blindness/low vision, emphysema, renal failure, and stroke.

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