UNLABELLED: A new questionnaire (The Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire BSSQ) has been developed to assess the psychological stress scoliosis patients develop as a consequence of their deformity. The aim of this study was to determine this stress level in a sample of adolescents with scoliosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 206 Patients were recruited to the study and completed a questionnaire (8 items). The average age was 15.7 years with an average Cobb angle of 35.8 degrees. All subjects returned a fully completed questionnaire. Plausibility of the results was assessed by examining for consistent responses to two plausibility questions. RESULTS: The average stress value was 19.97 / 24, which can be regarded as "low stress". The average stress value in the group meeting the plausibility threshold (n = 155) was 21 / 24 while the average stress value in the group not meeting the threshold (n = 51) was 15.9 / 24, regarded as "medium stress". This correlated negatively with the Cobb angle (r = -.54; p < 0,001). The Cobb angle / test value correlation was highest in thoracic curves (n = 87; r = -.49; p < 0,001) and lowest in double major curves (n = 46; r = -.27; p = 0,03). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with scoliosis have on average only "low stress" associated with their deformity. Not fulfilling a plausibility threshold seems to be a predictor for more stress associated with the scoliotic deformity.
UNLABELLED: A new questionnaire (The Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire BSSQ) has been developed to assess the psychological stress scoliosispatients develop as a consequence of their deformity. The aim of this study was to determine this stress level in a sample of adolescents with scoliosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 206 Patients were recruited to the study and completed a questionnaire (8 items). The average age was 15.7 years with an average Cobb angle of 35.8 degrees. All subjects returned a fully completed questionnaire. Plausibility of the results was assessed by examining for consistent responses to two plausibility questions. RESULTS: The average stress value was 19.97 / 24, which can be regarded as "low stress". The average stress value in the group meeting the plausibility threshold (n = 155) was 21 / 24 while the average stress value in the group not meeting the threshold (n = 51) was 15.9 / 24, regarded as "medium stress". This correlated negatively with the Cobb angle (r = -.54; p < 0,001). The Cobb angle / test value correlation was highest in thoracic curves (n = 87; r = -.49; p < 0,001) and lowest in double major curves (n = 46; r = -.27; p = 0,03). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with scoliosis have on average only "low stress" associated with their deformity. Not fulfilling a plausibility threshold seems to be a predictor for more stress associated with the scoliotic deformity.
Authors: Stefano Negrini; Sabrina Donzelli; Angelo Gabriele Aulisa; Dariusz Czaprowski; Sanja Schreiber; Jean Claude de Mauroy; Helmut Diers; Theodoros B Grivas; Patrick Knott; Tomasz Kotwicki; Andrea Lebel; Cindy Marti; Toru Maruyama; Joe O'Brien; Nigel Price; Eric Parent; Manuel Rigo; Michele Romano; Luke Stikeleather; James Wynne; Fabio Zaina Journal: Scoliosis Spinal Disord Date: 2018-01-10
Authors: Stefano Negrini; Angelo G Aulisa; Lorenzo Aulisa; Alin B Circo; Jean Claude de Mauroy; Jacek Durmala; Theodoros B Grivas; Patrick Knott; Tomasz Kotwicki; Toru Maruyama; Silvia Minozzi; Joseph P O'Brien; Dimitris Papadopoulos; Manuel Rigo; Charles H Rivard; Michele Romano; James H Wynne; Monica Villagrasa; Hans-Rudolf Weiss; Fabio Zaina Journal: Scoliosis Date: 2012-01-20