CORRELATION BETWEEN DEGREE OF GIBBUS ANGULATION, NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS, AND PAIN IN SPONDYLITIS TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
ABSTRACT: To analyze the
correlation between the degree of angulation and neurological deficits as well
as pain in spondylitis tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Methods: This observational-analytic study included bivariate analysis on
data collected from the medical records of patients with presented with
spondylitis TB to Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung outpatient clinic
from January 2014 to December 2015. The variables were the degree of gibbus
angulation, neurological deficits, and pain.
Results: The study showed significant positive correlation between gibbus
angulation and sensory neurological deficits (r=0.375; p=0.009) and there was
significant positive correlation between gibbus angulation and pain (r=0.638,
p=0.000). The study showed an insignificant correlation between gibbus
angulation and motoric neurological deficits (r=0.125; p=0.525).
Conclusions: There is a significant correlation between the degree of
gibbus angulation and pain as well as sensory neurological deficits. Meanwhile,
no significant correlation is found between the degree of gibbus angulation and
motoric neurological deficits.
Keywords: Gibbus angulation,
neurological deficits, pain, spondylitis tuberculosis
Penulis: Rizkiditia Nugraha
Hadian, Renaldi Prasetia, Ahmad Faried
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd170277
