%0 Journal Article
%T Preoperative sense of coherence associated with the 10
%A Heimo Viinam£¿ki
%A Iina Tuomainen
%A Maarit Pakarinen
%A Olavi Airaksinen
%A Sanna Sinikallio
%A Timo J Aalto
%J Journal of Health Psychology
%@ 1461-7277
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1359105316687633
%X A prospective 10-year follow-up study was conducted to determine the significance of the preoperative sense of coherence, with respect to the preoperative and 10-year clinical characteristics, among lumbar spinal stenosis patients (N£¿=£¿99). In addition, the predictive value of the preoperative sense of coherence regarding the 10-year surgery outcome was also evaluated. In a logistic regression analysis, a weak preoperative sense of coherence and low functional ability predicted the patients¡¯ functional ability 10£¿years after the surgery. Moreover, those patients with weak sense of coherence before surgery showed poorer functional ability 10£¿years after the surgery, but not preoperatively. A weak preoperative sense of coherence seems to associate with poorer long-term outcome after surgery; therefore, various rehabilitation strategies are discussed
%K follow-up
%K functional ability
%K lumbar spinal stenosis
%K sense of coherence
%K surgery
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105316687633