How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint
(1) Background: The Ponseti Method is the gold standard for the treatment of congenital clubfoot. It is a low-cost treatment consisting in a series of plaster casts, a percutaneous Achilles’ tenotomy and a Mitchell Ponseti brace to wear with a definite protocol. This treatment allows children to be...
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| description | (1) Background: The Ponseti Method is the gold standard for the treatment of congenital clubfoot. It is a low-cost treatment consisting in a series of plaster casts, a percutaneous Achilles’ tenotomy and a Mitchell Ponseti brace to wear with a definite protocol. This treatment allows children to be with their families instead of being hospitalized. This advantage is also a challenge for the families that have to follow the protocol at home. This paper aims to analyze the perception, the difficulties and the overcomes of the families during the treatment. (2) Methods: We used a 41 questions questionnaire by Nogueira and Morquende. Questions were answered by families who had already finished the treatment or were still following it. (3) Results: We interviewed 92 families. The worst handling phase appeared to be the cast phase, while the brace seemed more bearable. In total, 57 families overrated tenotomy; (4) Conclusions: Families perceived the Ponseti Method as a quality treatment. The anxiety about the diagnosis played a strong role, but none of the difficulties encountered decreased the treatment outcomes or affected families’ adherence to the protocol. The open-ended answers highlighted that the positive relationship with doctors played a key role in the everyday compliance and the achievement of good results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e23edbabf054980bd5ed01b323df4422023-11-30T21:08:07ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-07-0198113410.3390/children9081134How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ StandpointDaniela Dibello0Giulia Colin1Anna Maria Chiara Galimberti2Lucio Torelli3Valentina Di Carlo4Unit of Pediatric Orthopedics, Traumatology Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, 70126 Bari, ItalyUnit of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume, 34149 Trieste, ItalyClinical Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Via dell’Istria 65/1, 34137 Trieste, ItalyClinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume, 34149 Trieste, ItalyUnit of Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Via dell’Istria, 34137 Trieste, Italy(1) Background: The Ponseti Method is the gold standard for the treatment of congenital clubfoot. It is a low-cost treatment consisting in a series of plaster casts, a percutaneous Achilles’ tenotomy and a Mitchell Ponseti brace to wear with a definite protocol. This treatment allows children to be with their families instead of being hospitalized. This advantage is also a challenge for the families that have to follow the protocol at home. This paper aims to analyze the perception, the difficulties and the overcomes of the families during the treatment. (2) Methods: We used a 41 questions questionnaire by Nogueira and Morquende. Questions were answered by families who had already finished the treatment or were still following it. (3) Results: We interviewed 92 families. The worst handling phase appeared to be the cast phase, while the brace seemed more bearable. In total, 57 families overrated tenotomy; (4) Conclusions: Families perceived the Ponseti Method as a quality treatment. The anxiety about the diagnosis played a strong role, but none of the difficulties encountered decreased the treatment outcomes or affected families’ adherence to the protocol. The open-ended answers highlighted that the positive relationship with doctors played a key role in the everyday compliance and the achievement of good results.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1134clubfootfamiliesPonseti methodquestionnaire |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Dibello Giulia Colin Anna Maria Chiara Galimberti Lucio Torelli Valentina Di Carlo How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint Children clubfoot families Ponseti method questionnaire |
| title | How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint |
| title_full | How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint |
| title_fullStr | How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint |
| title_short | How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint |
| title_sort | how to cope with the ponseti method for clubfoot the families standpoint |
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