Status:
COMPLETED
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Mental Health
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Scoliosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
11-16 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the presence, frequency, and severity of mental health disorders amongst adolescents undergoing spinal surgery for scoliosis.
Detailed Description
This study is a cross-sectional pilot study investigating the prevalence of psychiatric illness at various time points in the course of treatment of AIS. Three independent sets of questionnaires will ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients diagnosed with AIS, between the ages of eleven and sixteen, who are scheduled to undergo surgical intervention, will be eligible to participate in the study. The patient and one parent will be required to complete the questionnaires in their entirety at the predetermined time points. There are several different methods of surgical intervention for AIS, however there will be no selection on the basis of the type of intervention. Curve pattern and severity will, similarly, not be used as inclusion criteria.
Exclusion
- All types of scoliosis besides AIS will be excluded. This includes neuromuscular, congenital, infantile idiopathic, and childhood idiopathic scoliosis.
- Children younger than eleven years or older than sixteen years will be excluded.
- Those with additional chronic disease will be excluded, due to the possibility of confounding.
- Those unable to complete the entire questionnaire, for any reason, or those unable to complete the questionnaires at each time point will be excluded.
- Existence of psychiatric disorder prior to treatment will not be cause for exclusion from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00445393
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
January 6 2009
Active Locations (1)
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BC Children's Hospital - Dept of Orthopaedics
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H3V4