Journal article
Long-Term Psychosocial Characteristics of Patients Treated for Idiopathic Scoliosis
Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, Vol.17(6), pp.712-717
11/1997
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199711000-00004
PMID: 9591971
Abstract
Psychosocial characteristics of 95 female patients treated with Milwaukee bracing for idiopathic scoliosis were examined using a battery of five psychosocial scales. Sixty-five patients treated with bracing alone and 30 patients who also underwent arthrodesis for curve progression were compared with 49 age-matched female controls. At an average follow-up of 7 years, no differences in depression or health locus of control existed. Significant perceptions of discrimination and a lower satisfaction of overall appearance was recalled during the treatment phase. By final follow-up, there was no longer any difference between the patients and controls in these areas. Significantly, differences in body-image scores persisted at follow-up. Operative patients had a more negative body image of the axial skeleton in comparison with the braced and control groups. We conclude that transient psychological effects are often present during treatment, and a lower body image may persist for several years in surgical patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Long-Term Psychosocial Characteristics of Patients Treated for Idiopathic Scoliosis
- Creators
- Kenneth Noonan - From the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.ALori DolanWilliam JacobsonStuart Weinstein
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric orthopaedics, Vol.17(6), pp.712-717
- Publisher
- Lippincott-Raven Publishers
- DOI
- 10.1097/00004694-199711000-00004
- PMID
- 9591971
- ISSN
- 0271-6798
- eISSN
- 1539-2570
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1997
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984040215602771
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