Mental health of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their parents in China: a cross-sectional survey

• Published in: BMC psychiatry Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 147 - 8
• Main Authors: Wang, Hai, Li, Tao, Yuan, Wangshu, Zhang, Zheping, Wei, Jing, Qiu, Guixing, Shen, Jianxiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS); Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology; Anxiety Disorders - psychology; Chi-square test; Child; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Childhood mental disorders; Children; China - epidemiology; Complications and side effects; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic aspects; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Education; Family; Female; Generalized anxiety disorder; Health aspects; Health surveys; Humans; Major depressive disorder; Male; Medical research; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Parenting; Parents; Parents & parenting; Parents - psychology; Patient Health Questionnaire; Patients; Psychiatry; Psychological aspects; Risk Factors; Scoliosis; Scoliosis - diagnosis; Scoliosis - epidemiology; Scoliosis - psychology; Socioeconomic factors; Surgery; Teenagers; China; United States > US; Depression; Anxiety; Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS); Mental health; Parents

Adolescent 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 ri...