ArticleBMC psychiatry2019
Mental health of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their parents in China: a cross-sectional survey.
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- Psychosocial Burden of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis of Patient and Caregiver Perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Pooled it
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- Multidimensional psychosocial characteristics of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis in China: a controlled cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Foot plantar pressure characteristics during standing and gait in adolescents with moderate double-curve adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (Lenke type 3 and type 6): a case-control study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
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- Analysis of the Current Status and Influencing Factors of Social Alienation in Adolescent Scoliosis Patients.Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Article
- Sex and age differences in depression and anxiety networks among adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: A network analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Patient-Reported Mental Health and Quality of Life in Pediatric Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Review
- Evaluating the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities associated with pediatric scoliosis utilizing ResearchMatch.Spine deformity · 2024Article
- Early-onset scoliosis in children aged 4-7 years in Nanjing, China: A cross-sectional study.Health care science · 2024Article
- Variations in the prevalence of scoliosis by age, sex, geographic region, and subtype among Chinese children: A systematic review and modelling study.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Anxiety and depression among medical staff facing SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in China.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis and Mental Health Disorders: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Electromyographic Analysis of Paraspinal Muscles of Scoliosis Patients Using Machine Learning Approaches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundsAdolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is an adolescent onset spinal deformity, which can negatively affect the mental health of these patients. But no studies about their parental mental health have been reported so far. In this study, the parental mental health of AIS patients and the associated risk factors were evaluated by a cross-sectional survey.
methods64 AIS patients who underwent conservative or surgical treatments in our hospital from April 2017 to March 2018, and their parents were enrolled in the AIS group. 85 parents of healthy children were enrolled in the control group. Depression and anxiety were separately assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7). Spearman correlation coefficients were first estimated to investigate the relationships among the parental PHQ-9/GAD-7 scores and the patient's PHQ-9/GAD-7 scores in the AIS group. Then, the morbidities of the parental probable major depressive disorder (pMDD, PHQ score ≥ 10) and probable general anxiety disorder (pGAD, GAD-7 score ≥ 10) were compared between the AIS and control groups. Third, the potential risk factors for parental pMDD or pGAD in the AIS group were compared using the chi-squared test or Student's t-test, respectively. Finally, the uneven distributive variates were analyzed using the binary logistic regression model.
resultsBoth parental depression and anxiety were moderately associated with those of the patients (r = 0.448~0.515, p < 0.01) in the AIS group, respectively. The morbidities of parental pMDD and pGAD in the AIS group were 14.1%, significantly higher than those in the control group (pMDD = 4.7%, p = 0.045; pGAD = 3.5%, p = 0.019). A Cobb angle of the major curve ≥50° (p = 0.034, odds ratio [OR] = 8.264), patients with pMDD (p = 0.018, OR = 17.576), and low education level of the parents (p = 0.026, OR = 0.122) were the risk factors of parental pMDD. Household income < 8000 rmb/month was the risk factor for parental pGAD (p = 0.021).
conclusionsThe morbidities of pMDD and pGAD in parents of AIS patients were higher than those in parents of healthy children. Parental depression and anxiety were closely associated with their children's depression and anxiety. Therefore, the parental mental health of AIS patients should be paid attention to, especially for those parents with risk factors.
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