Research Article

Sleep Disturbance and Its Clinical Implication in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Table 3

Comparison of sleep disturbance and clinical outcomes between surgical and nonsurgical treatments groups.

ASD (44)LSS (137)
Poor sleepers (33)Nonpoor sleepers (11) valuePoor sleepers (96)Nonpoor sleepers (41) value

Age (years)69.8 ± 7.668.7 ± 8.50.71068.0 ± 9.971.1 ± 8.30.085
Female (n (%))27 [81.8]7 [63.6]0.14561 [63.5]21 [51.2]0.178
Multilevel stenosis (n (%))N/AN/A36 [37.5]8 [19.5]0.039
VAS for back pain7.7 ± 1.75.6 ± 2.20.002 (0.004)6.6 ± 2.45.6 ± 3.20.064 (0.079)
VAS for leg pain6.3 ± 2.86.0 ± 3.40.765 (0.508)7.2 ± 2.06.7 ± 2.80.245 (0.170)
ODI50.0 ± 16.142.0 ± 19.40.185 (0.214)48.5 ± 14.441.6 ± 15.90.014 (0.011)
ODI without sleep component46.8 ± 14.239.8 ± 17.70.193 (0.221)45.3 ± 13.440.4 ± 15.20.063 (0.049)
EQ-5D0.301 ± 0.2690.371 ± 0.3010.475 (0.406)0.262 ± 0.2610.380 ± 0.2590.016 (0.013)
Global PSQI score (0–21)10.0 ± 3.53.8 ± 1.2< 0.00110.5 ± 3.63.0 ± 1.5< 0.001

SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; N/A, not applicable; VAS, visual analog pain scale; ODI, Oswestry Disability Index, EQ-5D, EuroQol; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Parenthesis, the value adjusted by sex and age using analysis covariance (ANCOVA). Poor sleeper was defined as >5 of the global PSQI score. Values are presented as mean ± SD.