Assessing Patient Reported Outcomes Measures via Phone Interviews Versus Patient Self-Survey in the Clinic: Are We Measuring the Same Thing?
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Cheng J, Bagley C. Assessing Patient Reported Outcomes Measures via Phone Interviews Versus Patient Self-Survey in the Clinic: Are We Measuring the Same Thing? World Neurosurgery 2015, 87: 230-234. PMID: 26548832, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.10.092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOswestry Disability IndexPatient-reported outcomesBaseline PRO dataVisual analog scalePRO dataAnalog scalePhone interviewsBaseline Oswestry Disability IndexDuke University Medical CenterCoronary artery diseaseHistory of depressionUniversity Medical CenterRepeated-measures analysisVAS-BPVAS-LPBaseline painDisability IndexLeg painAdult patientsArtery diseaseBack painFunctional disabilityProspective studyEnrollment criteriaLumbar fusion