作者
Armaan K Malhotra, Yingshi He, Erin M Harrington, Blessing NR Jaja, Mary P Zhu, Husain Shakil, Nicolas Dea, Michael H Weber, Najmedden Attabib, Philippe Phan, Yoga Raja Rampersaud, Jerome Paquet, W Bradley Jacobs, David W Cadotte, Sean D Christie, Andrew Nataraj, Christopher S Bailey, Michael Johnson, Charles Fisher, Hamilton Hall, Neil Manson, Kenneth Thomas, Howard J Ginsberg, Michael G Fehlings, Christopher D Witiw, Aileen M Davis, Jefferson R Wilson
发表日期
2024/3/1
期刊
The Spine Journal
卷号
24
期号
3
页码范围
424-434
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background Context
Existing degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) severity scales have significant shortcomings, creating a strong impetus for the development of a practical measurement tool with sound psychometric properties.
Purpose
This work reports the item generation and reduction of the Cervical Myelopathy Severity Index (CMSI), a new DCM patient-reported outcome measure of symptoms and functional limitations.
Design
Prospective observational study.
Patient Sample
Adult DCM patients belonging to one of three distinct treatment groups: (1) observation cohort, (2) preoperative surgical cohort, (3) 6 to 12 months postoperative cohort.
Outcome Measures
Patient-reported outcome measure of symptoms and functional limitations.
Methods
Item generation was performed using semi-structured patient focus groups emphasizing symptoms experienced and functional limitations. Readability was assessed …
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