title: Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  : 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  : 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.
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória, Escola Superior de Ciências, (EMESCAM), Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Bernardo Sancio Rocha
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória, Escola Superior de Ciências, (EMESCAM), Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nathália Ambrozim Santos
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Saleme
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória (HSCMV), Spine Group, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Lucas
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória (HSCMV), Spine Group, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor Machado
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória (HSCMV), Spine Group, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
authors.forename: Charbel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacob
keywords: Quality of life; Scoliosis/surgery; Treatment outcome