Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Background: To obtain a better understanding of the wearing habits and preferences of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing rigid brace treatment, we examine what factors contribute to patients’ perceived discomfort during the treatment. Methods: Seventeen AIS patients treated wi...
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author | Huan Wang Xianglong Meng Daniel Tetteroo Frank Delbressine Yaozhong Xing Keita Ito Yong Hai Panos Markopoulos |
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description | Background: To obtain a better understanding of the wearing habits and preferences of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing rigid brace treatment, we examine what factors contribute to patients’ perceived discomfort during the treatment. Methods: Seventeen AIS patients treated with a rigid brace were recruited. We asked them to complete a questionnaire and participate in an interview study. Finally, we measure the interface corrective force and perceived discomfort with the participants for different positions and assess the correlation. Results: Our survey reveals that participants scored the lowest in the domains of environmental factors, psycho-spiritual factors, satisfaction, and self-image. Appearance anxiety, physical and psychological discomfort and inconvenience were the three most frequently mentioned problems in the interviews on participants’ daily bracing experiences. A significant, moderately positive relationship between corrective force and discomfort level was found only when participants were lying on their left side, but not in any of the other positions. No significant correlation between treatment length and perceived discomfort was found. Conclusions: Future work should focus on reducing the psychological burden and the inconvenience of wearing a brace, rather than on reducing physical discomfort resulting from the corrective force. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1b44b274440b4430b2917337350364b02023-11-23T10:30:10ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-04-019563510.3390/children9050635Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative ResearchHuan Wang0Xianglong Meng1Daniel Tetteroo2Frank Delbressine3Yaozhong Xing4Keita Ito5Yong Hai6Panos Markopoulos7Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing 100020, ChinaDepartment of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing 100020, ChinaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing 100020, ChinaDepartment of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The NetherlandsBackground: To obtain a better understanding of the wearing habits and preferences of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing rigid brace treatment, we examine what factors contribute to patients’ perceived discomfort during the treatment. Methods: Seventeen AIS patients treated with a rigid brace were recruited. We asked them to complete a questionnaire and participate in an interview study. Finally, we measure the interface corrective force and perceived discomfort with the participants for different positions and assess the correlation. Results: Our survey reveals that participants scored the lowest in the domains of environmental factors, psycho-spiritual factors, satisfaction, and self-image. Appearance anxiety, physical and psychological discomfort and inconvenience were the three most frequently mentioned problems in the interviews on participants’ daily bracing experiences. A significant, moderately positive relationship between corrective force and discomfort level was found only when participants were lying on their left side, but not in any of the other positions. No significant correlation between treatment length and perceived discomfort was found. Conclusions: Future work should focus on reducing the psychological burden and the inconvenience of wearing a brace, rather than on reducing physical discomfort resulting from the corrective force.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/635adolescent idiopathic scoliosisbrace treatmentcorrection forcediscomfort level |
spellingShingle | Huan Wang Xianglong Meng Daniel Tetteroo Frank Delbressine Yaozhong Xing Keita Ito Yong Hai Panos Markopoulos Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research Children adolescent idiopathic scoliosis brace treatment correction force discomfort level |
title | Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research |
title_full | Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research |
title_fullStr | Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research |
title_short | Exploration of Contributory Factors to an Unpleasant Bracing Experience of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients a Quantitative and Qualitative Research |
title_sort | exploration of contributory factors to an unpleasant bracing experience of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients a quantitative and qualitative research |
topic | adolescent idiopathic scoliosis brace treatment correction force discomfort level |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/5/635 |
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