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Table 5 Prognostic factors regarding LSS

From: Survey of integrative lumbar spinal stenosis treatment in Korean medicine doctors: preliminary data for clinical practice guidelines

Prognostic factors

Importance

 

mean ± SD

Clinical symptomsa

6.2 ± 1.0

Age

6.1 ± 1.1

Radiological findings

5.9 ± 1.1

Past history (e.g. surgery, trauma)

5.8 ± 1.2

Patient attitude toward disorder

5.6 ± 1.2

Time elapsed since onset and cause of onset

5.5 ± 1.3

Personality and other psychological factors (e.g. depression, anxiety)

5.3 ± 1.1

Physical examination

4.8 ± 1.4

Comorbidities

4.8 ± 1.3

Korean Medicine syndrome differentiation

4.3 ± 1.5

  1. LSS lumbar spinal stenosis
  2. aFactor most frequently ranked 1st
  3. (Importance: 1 = not at all important, 2 = unimportant, 3 = somewhat unimportant, 4 = neither important nor unimportant, 5 = somewhat important, 6 = important, 7 = very important)