Evaluation of health related quality of life with the use of Oswestry disability index in degenerative discogenic low back pain

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 5 Correlation studies between functional disability, radiological findings, and clinical parameters

	ODI		VAS		Pfirrmann grading		Disc morphology
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
ODI	-	-	0.292**	0.003	0.584**	< 0.0001	0.403**	< 0.0001
VAS	0.292**	0.003	-	-	0.130	0.198	0.251*	0.012
Grading	0.584**	< 0.0001	0.130	0.198	-	-	0.819**	< 0.0001
BMI	0.320**	0.001	0.133	0.187	0.097	0.339	0.085	0.399
SLR	0.268**	0.007	0.234*	0.019	0.240*	0.016	0.204*	0.042
Paresthesia	0.237*	0.017	0.114	0.259	0.176	0.080	0.260**	0.009
Ms. weakness	0.252*	0.012	0.072	0.476	0.143	0.155	0.215*	0.032

ODI Oswestry Disability Index, VAS visual analogue score, BMI body mass index, SLR straight leg raising, Ms muscle. * significant ** highly significant using statistical test of Pearson’s correlation. r regression, p probability. P ≤ 0.05 is statistically significant