The Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life questionnaire measures health-related quality of life of adolescents with spinal deformities better than the reference standard, the Scoliosis Research Society 22 questionnaire.

Antonio CaronniSabrina DonzelliFabio ZainaStefano Negrini

Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2019)

ISYQOL showed high validity when used to measure HRQOL in adolescents with spinal deformities. Moreover, ISYQOL performs better than SRS22, having better known-groups validity and (contrary to SRS22) detecting the impact of disease severity on HRQOL.

Keyphrases

young adults
physical activity
spinal cord
psychometric properties
cross sectional
mental health
patient reported
spinal cord injury