The researchers examined SRS-22 for patients before their first scoliosis evaluation and after. Here are the results:
1. Female and male patients in all subgroups of Cobb angles were above four points with small standard deviations apart from the self-image domain.
2. The female patients — who made up 75 percent of the patients — showed significant differences among all groups for all domains and total scores.
3. The three areas that did not show statistically significant difference among male patients include:
• Function
• Pain
• Mental health
4. All the differences were below the minimally clinically significant change — 0.5 points.
5. There was a very low correlation with the severity of deformity measures.
“According to our results, deformity is apparently not a real issue for AIS before diagnosis made, treatment planned and/or specialists interfere with their everyday life,” concluded the study authors. “SRS-22 demonstrated some discriminative validity between small and large curves, but the differences found were small.”
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