Scoliosis research society-22 patient questionnaire: responsiveness to change associated with surgical treatment.
METHODS
Prospective observational consecutive case series.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the responsiveness to change of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) patient questionnaire after surgical treatment.


BACKGROUND
The SRS-22 outcomes questionnaire is the outgrowth of prior research that led to modifications and improvements of the original SRS questionnaire.


METHODS
Fifty-eight patients with an average age of 16 years and an average Cobb size of 63 degrees enrolled. They were tested preoperatively and at 3- (within 4 months), 6- (5-8 months), 12- (9-16 months), and 24-month (22-36 months) intervals postoperatively using the SRS-22 outcomes questionnaire. The paired Student test with multiple comparison adjustment was used to test significance of change score over time. Only patients with data on both time points of interest were included in the analysis.


RESULTS
Self-image was significantly improved at 3 months ( < 0.0001) and maintained improvement through 24 months. Function was significantly decreased at 3 months ( < 0.0001), but returned to baseline by 6 months. Pain was significantly worse at 3 months ( = 0.0099), but was significantly less at 6 ( = 0.0011), 12 ( < 0.0001), and 24 ( = 0.0037) months when compared to 3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The SRS-22 questionnaire is responsive to changes in the postsurgical period.
Asher
Marc
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School of Medicine, Section of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA. masher@kumc.edu
Min Lai
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Burton
Doug
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Manna
Barbara
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012649:Self Concept; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*