Changes in Life Satisfaction and Self-esteem in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis With and Without Surgical Intervention

• DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3181e0f034
• Publication Date: 2011-01-06T09:40:05Z
• Authors: Jingtao Zhang; Dawei He; Juan Gao; Xiuchun Yu; Haining Sun; Ziqiang Chen; Ming Li
• Keywords: Cobb angle; Idiopathic scoliosis; Depression

Pre-/poststudy comparing surgical and nonsurgical treatment.To identify whether orthopedic spinal surgery can effectively improve life satisfaction self-esteem in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.There have been many studies about the effect of deformity its various treatments on mental health scoliosis. Scoliosis has reported to a negative quality patients. It also that no matter what treatment, existence scoliosis is risk factor for depression. However, there report affects patients.Forty-six Cobb angles more than 30° were recruited from group treated January 2007 August 2007. Twenty-one 40° underwent correction while remaining received regular observation (n = 11) or bracing 14). Self-esteem assessed before approximately 1 year after treatment using previously validated scales.There between-group differences age, sex, major curve location between surgically nonsurgically groups. The angle decreased significantly following (52° ± 10° 15° 8°, P < 0.001), but not (37° 9° 39° 0.4419) paired t tests. There preintervention (8 vs. 7 10); however, scores higher (28 4 25 3, 0.008). Postintervention, both (9 1) (31 2) improved (P 0.05) treated, (7 24 5, respectively). levels Postintervention 0.05).These findings indicate eligible lead only correction, an increase satisfaction.