Quality of Life in Parents of Adolescents With Spinal Deformities: Development of a New Questionnaire.

Istituto Scientifico Italiano Colonna Vertebrale600 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to develop a new instrument capable of providing an efficient measure of the quality of life of parents of conservatively treated patients with spinal deformity. The development of a questionnaire in a Rasch environment and specifically developed for parents of conservatively treated patients will ensure greater sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

600

Conditions

Quality of Life Spinal Deformity Scoliosis; Adolescence

Interventions

QuestionnaireOTHER

All parents of patients visited at an outpatient service dedicated to the treatment of vertebral deformities will be recruited at the end of the medical clinical evaluation. The doctor will invite all subjects to complete the questionnaire anonymously at the end of each follow-up visit.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * have at least one child between the ages of 10 and 18 with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis of 10 degrees or more, or with Scheuermann's kyphosis or idiopathic hyperkyphosis * prescription of a brace or specific exercises for the child's vertebral deformity. Exclusion Criteria: * Child with a history of spinal surgery * Child with a history of significant diseases with possible impact on the quality of life of the parents * Child with a history of spinal trauma * Child with positive neurological evaluation

Locations (1)

ISICO

Milan, Mi, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Parents' quality of life

New questionnaire developped to assess quality of life of parents of patients with spinal deformity treated conservatively

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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