Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis
ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To evaluate quality of life, using the SF-36, in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who un-derwent surgery for deformity correction, comparing the results in the pre-and post-operative period.METHODS: We evaluated 29 patients, 24 female, mean age 14.5 years, all patients had measurement of Cobb angle greater than 50º, and responded to the SF-36 questionnaire preope-ratively and on average two years after surgery.RESULTS: There was improvement in all eight domains studied by the SF-36 after surgical treatment, with statistically significant improvement of the domains functional capacity physical aspects, pain and general state. Vitality and mental heal-th were those with the lowest percentage of improvement postoperatively.CONCLUSION: Surgical treatment of defor-mity in all AIS improved the functional aspects assessed by the SF-36, representing, in practice, better quality of life for these patients. Evidence Level II, Prospective Study.
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
ATHA EDITORA
2015
|
| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522015000600287 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|