Esther Apos, Spine Society of Australia, esther.apos@monash.edu
The ASR will tell us about:
- The frequency of spine surgery in our community;
- The usefulness, safety and results of different surgical approaches and different implantable devices;
- The factors that predict favourable and unfavourable surgical outcomes in both the short and longer term;
- The variety of care provided for people undergoing spine surgery in our community, and how it compares to best practice internationally.
The aim of this project is to develop the pilot of a population-based spine surgery clinical registry to optimise quality of care provided to individuals undergoing spine surgery.
The study population will include any person over the age of 18 undergoing elective surgery that involves the spine.
Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) specific to quality of life (The 3 Level EQ5D™)and pain and disability questionnaires are used (The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) for low back pain and the Neck Disability Index (NDI) for acute or chronic disability of the neck).
- Feedback to contributing clinicians
- Reported in Annual Report
- Reported in other public reports
- Shared with consumers
- Shared with hospital executive
- Shared with medical colleges
- Shared with other clinicians
- Medical device companies & private health insurers
The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) for low back pain and the Neck Disability Index (NDI) for acute or chronic disability of the neck. The 3 Level (EQ5D™) questionnaire is used to assess general quality of life.
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New South Wales
- John Hunter Hospital Royal Newcastle Centre
- Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
- Macquarie University Hospital
- Nepean Private Hospital
- Newcastle Private Hospital
- Prince Of Wales Hospital
- Prince Of Wales Private Hospital
- St George Private Hospital
Queensland
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
Tasmania
- Calvary - Lenah Valley Hospital
Victoria
- Epworth Eastern Hospital
- Epworth Richmond
- The Avenue, Melbourne
- Royal Melbourne Hospital - City Campus
- Warringal Private Hospital
Western Australia
- St John Of God Hospital, Subiaco