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SynthesisEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2015

Quality of life outcomes in surgically treated adult scoliosis patients: a systematic review.

Jennifer Theis, Paul Gerdhem, Allan Abbott

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Synthesis in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. The Impact of Corrective Surgery on Health-Related Quality of Life Subclasses in Adult Scoliosis: Will Degree of Correction Prognosticate Degree of Improvement?European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021
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  12. An international consensus on the appropriate evaluation and treatment for adults with spinal deformity.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jennifer TheisDepartment of Clinical and Rehabilitation Services, Faculty of Health Science and Medicine, Bond Institute of Health and Sport, Bond University, 2 Promethean Way, Robina, QLD, 4226, Australia, jennifer.theis@student.bond.edu.au.
Paul Gerdhem
Allan Abbott

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this systematic review was to identify prospective studies reporting the impact of surgical intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQL) outcomes for adults with scoliosis at a minimum 2 year follow-up.

methodAn electronic database search was conducted for January 2000-November 2013 in conjunction with a reference list search of two related systematic reviews for prospective studies of adults with scoliosis reporting HRQL outcome measure. Methodological quality of included articles was assessed using the Downs and Black checklist. Cohen's d effect size was calculated for Scoliosis Research Society Questionnaire (SRS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) outcomes for included studies and pooled data.

resultsThe database and reference list searches returned 349 potential articles; three articles met the inclusion criteria. Downs and Black scores ranged from 18/28 to 21/28 (fair-good quality evidence). Total number of 188 patients were treated surgically and had a mean age of 38 years or older. All studies showed significant improvement in reported HRQL outcomes for at least a 2 year follow-up. The Cohen's d effect size for SRS was d = 1.4 (n = 188, 95 % CI; 0.9, 1.8) and for ODI d = 0.9 (n = 120, 95 % CI; 0.4, 1.4).

conclusionFindings from this review suggest surgery improves HRQL in patients with adult scoliosis at a minimum 2 year follow-up. However, these findings are based on limited data of fair to good quality which needs to be taken into consideration when interpreting the results and highlights the need for additional high quality prospective studies.

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Quality of LifeAdultHumansScoliosis

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PMID25381158

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