Brace-wear compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Thirty-eight full-time and 38 part-time unselected brace wearers treated during a 7-year period were interviewed in a retrospective study to determine actual brace-wear compliance. Actual compliance was found to be lower than reported by patients during clinic visits and was much lower than reported in previous series. Only 15% of patients were highly compliant. On average, patients wore their braces 65% of the time they were instructed to do so. The reasons for low compliance in brace wear are unclear.
DiRaimondo
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Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001915:Braces; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors