title: Brace-wear compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232.
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: DiRaimondo
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: 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