Paper vs. Internet

University of British Columbia139 enrolled

Overview

Research has shown that questionnaires completed on the internet have the potential to provide more complete and honest data with fewer errors in a more efficient manner than questionnaires completed using the paper and pencil format. Despite the numerous advantages of internet-administered questionnaires, it is important to make sure that the internet questionnaires will yield comparable results to the well-established paper and pencil versions. No one has studied internet administration of scoliosis specific questionnaires in adolescents with scoliosis. The investigators will test whether the internet administration of scoliosis questionnaires is as reliable as the traditional paper and pencil version. The investigators predict that the internet-administered questionnaire will provide the same reliability as the paper-administered questionnaires.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

139

Conditions

Idiopathic Scoliosis Adolescent

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 10-18 * Male or female * Diagnosis of Adolescent or Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis * Home access to computer and internet * Capable or oral and written communication in English Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to communicate in English

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To test the reliability of the internet-administered PODCI and SRS-30 questionnaires in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

The reliability of internet-administered questionnaires will be determined by comparison to standard paper questionnaire implementation.

Time frame: 2 weeks