Quality of life in patients submitted to surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.

João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues,Charbel Jacob Junior,Nathália Ambrozim Santos Saleme,José Lucas Batista Junior,Igor Machado Cardoso

doi:10.1590/1413-785220152306115026

Abstract

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.

Highlights

Original ArticleQUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SURGICAL TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS. João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues[1], Nathália Ambrozim Santos Saleme[1], José Lucas Batista Junior[2], Igor Machado Cardoso[2], Charbel Jacob Junior[2]
E SF-36 after surgical treatment, with statistically significant improvement of the domains functional capacity physical aspects, pain and general state
The results showed improvement in all eight domains evaluated by the SF-36 questionnaire comparing pre- and post-operative patients undergoing surgery for spinal scoliosis correction. (Figure 1) In Figure 1 we observe a marked improvement in SF-36 average score after surgery for physical aspects functional domain, with an average increase over 20 points

Summary

Original Article

QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO SURGICAL TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS. João Bernardo Sancio Rocha Rodrigues[1], Nathália Ambrozim Santos Saleme[1], José Lucas Batista Junior[2], Igor Machado Cardoso[2], Charbel Jacob Junior[2].

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RESULTS

Mental health