Table 10: Postoperative Functional status of patients employed at the time of outcome assessment, all patients inclusive n=154.

Variables

 

Preoperative disability

Overall

Freq (%)

Mild

N= 65

Moderate

N= 13

Severe

N= 76

Postoperative functional status

Fully functional

98(63%)

37(56%)

10(76%)

51(67%)

Occasional interruption (< 1 week/ month)

 8(5.2%)

3(4.6%)

1(7.6%)

 

4(5%)

Frequent interruption (> 1week/month)

48(31%)

25(38.4%)

2(15%)

21(27%)