Quality of Life in Parents of Adolescents With Spinal Deformities: Development of a New Questionnaire.
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Spinal DeformityQuality of LifeScoliosis; Adolescence
- Interventions
- Other: Questionnaire
- Registration Number
- NCT04899297
- Lead Sponsor
- Istituto Scientifico Italiano Colonna Vertebrale
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Quality of life Questionnaire -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parents' quality of life through study completion, an average of 1 year New questionnaire developped to assess quality of life of parents of patients with spinal deformity treated conservatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
ISICO
🇮🇹Milan, Mi, Italy