Association between diabetes, obesity, and quality of life in preoperative patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: A cross‐sectional study
Preoperative QOL was not significantly affected by the presence of DM and/or obesity. DCM-related symptoms may mask the associations with these comorbidities. Regardless of the preoperative condition, it is important to address the PROMs items that posed challenges before surgery.
Authors
- Kiyokazu Akasaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2110-205X)
- Yasuaki Mizoguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-0500)
- Kenta Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-5013)
- Satoshi Ogihara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1814-3195)
- Toby Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4461-7259)
- Fumihiko Kimura
Institutions
- Curtin University (AU)
- Saitama Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70005
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00