Table 4

Preoperative and 12-month postoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes: mean (standard deviation).

GroupNDIPCSMCSNeck PainArm Pain
Preop12 moPreop12 moPreop12 moPreop12 moPreop12 mo
Never Depressed47.2 (14.6)20.6 (16.8)34.1 (6.8)45.9 (10.2)47.2 (8.2)53.4 (8.1)6.5 (2.0)2.5 (2.3)4.8 (2.8)1.7 (2.3)
Always Depressed66.2 (13.7)42.9 (17.2)33.5 (5.5)38.5 (9.2)26.0 (6.1)28.5 (5.1)7.6 (1.4)4.0 (2.5)5.9 (2.8)3.5 (2.8)
Newly Depressed64.0 (12.4)47.8 (15.6)28.9 (3.3)35.7 (4.9)39.7 (5.3)27.8 (5.9)7.3 (1.8)4.3 (2.4)5.4 (2.9)3.1 (3.0)
No Longer Depressed60.2 (15.5)26.3 (20.6)36.5 (6.9)44.5 (11.9)27.5 (5.3)48.6 (8.3)7.6 (1.7)2.9 (2.4)5.8 (2.8)2.8 (2.6)
P*<.001<.001<.001<.001<.001
P<.001<.001<.001<.001<.001
P.005<.001<.001.120.613
  • NDI, Neck Disability Index; PCS, Physical Component Summary; MCS, Mental Component Summary.

  • * Probability for difference between depression groups.

  • Probability for difference from preoperative to 1-year postoperative.

  • Probability for interaction between depression status and change from preoperative to 1 year.