Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis
AUTOR(ES)
Rodrigues, João Bernardo Sancio Rocha, Saleme, Nathália Ambrozim Santos, Batista Junior, José Lucas, Cardoso, Igor Machado, Jacob Junior, Charbel
FONTE
Acta ortop. bras.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2015-12
RESUMO
ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: 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.CONCLUSION: 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.
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