Grivas, T.B.; Dadakaridou, D.; Fokidi, S.A.; Kastrinis, A.; Kosti, M.; Mihas, C.; Oikonomaki, M.; Theodosopoulos, E.; Griva, A.M. A Questionnaire of Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis—QPSSE. J. Clin. Med.2024, 13, 318.
Grivas, T.B.; Dadakaridou, D.; Fokidi, S.A.; Kastrinis, A.; Kosti, M.; Mihas, C.; Oikonomaki, M.; Theodosopoulos, E.; Griva, A.M. A Questionnaire of Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis—QPSSE. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 318.
Grivas, T.B.; Dadakaridou, D.; Fokidi, S.A.; Kastrinis, A.; Kosti, M.; Mihas, C.; Oikonomaki, M.; Theodosopoulos, E.; Griva, A.M. A Questionnaire of Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis—QPSSE. J. Clin. Med.2024, 13, 318.
Grivas, T.B.; Dadakaridou, D.; Fokidi, S.A.; Kastrinis, A.; Kosti, M.; Mihas, C.; Oikonomaki, M.; Theodosopoulos, E.; Griva, A.M. A Questionnaire of Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis—QPSSE. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 318.
Abstract
Study design: Creating and psychometric testing of a new QoL Questionnaire about Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis (Questionnaire of Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis -QPSSE).
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create a reliable and valid questionnaire for patients suffering mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who have been treated with Physiotherapeutic Specific Exercises of Scoliosis (PSSE) in order to evaluate their quality of life.
Materials and Methods: The developed questionnaire was based on a thorough literature review as well as on authors experience. It consists of 53 questions, of which 37 have a positive meaning, 15 have a negative meaning, and one is multiple choice question, additionally there are six “open” questions. Except for the multiple choice question, all other questions are answered on a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 scores. 5 represents a positive meaning or very much, whereas 1 stands for a negative meaning or not at all. Questions were developed by the authors who subsequently categorized the 53 questions into the following 8 domains: physical functioning, self-image, Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-Specific Exercises (PSSEs), psychosocial functioning, cognitive functioning, compliance, motivation and pain. A pilot study was conducted so that we could calculate Cronbach’s Alpha based on the outcome. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors worked through the Zoom online platform to structure the questionnaire.
Results: Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for all correlations evaluated. P values of less than 0.05 were considered to be significant. Internal consistency was evaluated with Cronbach's alpha. Although there were very few missing values, accounting for 0.78% of the total values of the questionnaire, expectation maximization likelihood algorithm was used to impute data. IBM® SPSS® Statistics Software v.25 was used for the analysis. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the overall score was 0.84.
Conclusion: This original QPSSE was found to be a reliable and valid tool for AIS treated conservatively with PSSE and for their clinicians.
Keywords
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; physiotherapeutic specific exercises; questionnaire; quality of life
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Copyright:
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