Can patient-reported profiles avoid unnecessary referral to a spine surgeon? An observational study to further develop the Nijmegen Decision Tool for Chronic Low Back Pain
Fig 2
(A) Lumbar spine surgery cohort (n = 219) and (B) CPP-program cohort (n = 171). ODI Oswestry Disability Index; disability is measured with the ODI. The x-axis represents pre-consultation disability and the y-axis the one-year post-treatment disability. The red area above the red horizontal line represents ‘non-response’ (ODI≥41) and the green area under the green horizontal line represents ‘response’ (ODI≤22).