Body Image in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

• DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.l.00867
• Publication Date: 2014-04-16T19:53:35Z
• Authors: Joshua D. Auerbach; Baron S. Lonner; Canice E. Crerand; Suken A. Shah; John M. Flynn; Tracey Bastrom; Phedra Penn; Jennifer Ahn; Courtney Toombs; Neil Bharucha; Whitney P. Bowe; Peter O. Newton
• Keywords: Idiopathic scoliosis

Background: Appearance concerns in individuals with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis can result impairment daily functioning, or body image disturbance. The Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire (BIDQ) is a self-reported, seven-question instrument that measures disturbance general populations; no studies have specifically examined those scoliosis. This study aimed to validate modified version of the BIDQ population and establish discriminant validity by comparing responses operatively nonoperatively treated patients normal controls. Methods: In first phase, multicenter forty-nine (mean age, fourteen years; thirty-seven female) was performed BIDQ-Scoliosis (BIDQ-S). Participants completed BIDQ-S, Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22, Children's Depression Index (CDI), Esteem Scale for Adolescents Adults (BESAA) questionnaires. Descriptive statistics Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated. second ninety-eight 15.7 seventy-five matched age sex healthy adolescents enrolled into single-center evaluate BIDQ-S. Subjects BIDQ-S demographic form before treatment. Independent-sample t tests Results: internally consistent (Cronbach alpha = 0.82), corrected item total correlations ranged from 0.47 0.67. significantly correlated each domain SRS-22 score (r −0.50 −0.72, p ≤ 0.001), CDI 0.31, 0.03), BESAA 0.60, < 0.001). scores differed between (1.50) controls (1.06, 0.005), establishing validity. Conclusions: an outcomes SRS-22, CDI, instruments population. indicated greater back-related compared To our knowledge, this user-friendly examine scoliosis, it provides comprehensive evaluation how scoliosis-related appearance impact psychosocial functioning. Level Evidence: Prognostic I. See Instructions Authors complete description levels evidence.