Personal Factors Influencing the Recovery Time in Patients with Spinal Stenosis Undergoing Surgical Treatment at Chaophrayayommarat Hospital, Suphanburi Province, Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of personal factor such as age, sex, weight, occupations and risk behaviors on recovery time in patients with spinal stenosis undergoing surgical treat-ment at Chaophrayayommarat Hospital, Suphanburi Province, Thailand. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 128 subjects. Data were collected by using questionnaires comprised of three parts: part 1 - personal factors collected by using questionnaires; part 2 - risk behaviors, and part 3 - recovery competencies with recovery time. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, minimum, maximum, stan-dard deviation, and standard regression. The results showed that age, weight and sex together explained 32.60% of the variance in predicting recovery time in patients with spinal stenosis undergoing surgical treatment at Chaophrayayommarat hospital, Suphanburi Province. Age, weight and sex separately could predict recovery time in the patients, with the beta (b) of -0.388, -0.372, and 0.275 respectively.