Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8720149 | Journal of Orthopaedics | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The aim of this study is to compare child and parent perceptions of health-related quality of life in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. The scoliosis-specific SRS-22 and the generic KIDSCREEN-52 were administered to newly diagnosed patients and the latter also to a parent. Strong correlations (râ¯>â¯0.5, pâ¯<â¯0.001) were revealed between conceptually similar dimensions of the instruments. Parents' assessments of their child's HRQoL were generally higher than the children/adolescents; however score differences were small and insignificant. The significance of parents' perceptions was also confirmed with OLS regressions. In conclusion, HRQoL is thoroughly investigated when both generic and disease-specific instruments are used.
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Authors
Nick Kontodimopoulos, Konstantia Damianou, Eleni Stamatopoulou, Anastasios Kalampokis, Ioannis Loukos,