PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gray, L.A.
AU  - Kallmes, D.F.
TI  - A Pilot Study of the Use of Pain Questionnaires in Vertebroplasty Research
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1510
DP  - 2009 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1364--1365
VI  - 30
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/7/1364.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/30/7/1364.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2009 Aug 01; 30
AB  - SUMMARY: Administration of comprehensive outcomes measures in elderly patients presenting for vertebroplasty is considered difficult. We administered a battery of 11 outcomes questionnaires with a total of 82 questions, both in person before vertebroplasty and by telephone after vertebroplasty in 20 consecutive patients (mean age, 74.5 years; 80% women). Initial and follow-up interviews required an average of 17.4 ± 0.36 minutes (range, 14–21 minutes) and 27.2 ± 0.73 minutes (range, 16–33 minutes), respectively.