title: Outcome in early adolescent idiopathic scoliosis after deformity correction:  assessed by SRS-22, psychometric and generic health measures.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the health status of early adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis using depression-anxiety scales, a generic Quality-of-Life Inventory as well as the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22) questionnaire to search for the most comprehensive approach for the measurement of outcomes. Thirty-seven early adolescent patients with idiopathic scoliosis were analyzed within 6-12 months of the postoperative time period. There was no statistically significant correlation between the total score of SRS-22 and the total scores of the pediatric quality-of-life inventory. However, the total scores of SRS-22 were positively correlated with the self-esteem level and negatively correlated with the depression level and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children scores. In early adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis deformity correction, SRS-22 may be inadequate in terms of mental health and physical activity parameters to evaluate overall quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Işik
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karakaya
authors.forename: Sahika Gülen
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sismanlar
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atmaca
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gök
authors.forename: Ahmet Yilmaz
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Sarlak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome