Adolescent, Idiopathic Scoliosis
Conditions
Keywords
Scoliosis, Adolescents, Questionnaire, Reliability
Brief summary
Research has shown that questionnaires completed on the internet have the potential to provide more complete and honest data with fewer errors in a more efficient manner than questionnaires completed using the paper and pencil format. Despite the numerous advantages of internet-administered questionnaires, it is important to make sure that the internet questionnaires will yield comparable results to the well-established paper and pencil versions. No one has studied internet administration of scoliosis specific questionnaires in adolescents with scoliosis. The investigators will test whether the internet administration of scoliosis questionnaires is as reliable as the traditional paper and pencil version. The investigators predict that the internet-administered questionnaire will provide the same reliability as the paper-administered questionnaires.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
iACT - Innovations in Acute Care and Technology
University of British Columbia
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 10-18 * Male or female * Diagnosis of Adolescent or Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis * Home access to computer and internet * Capable or oral and written communication in English
Exclusion criteria
* Unable to communicate in English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To test the reliability of the internet-administered PODCI and SRS-30 questionnaires in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis | 2 weeks | The reliability of internet-administered questionnaires will be determined by comparison to standard paper questionnaire implementation. |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed