Defining "successful" treatment outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a scoping review.
Ishraq JoarderSeika TaniguchiAndrea MendozaMary Elizabeth SnowPublished 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 (2023)
This study identified that no articles employed qualitative measures of describing the psychosocial implications of AIS in defining treatment success. Although quantitative measures have merit in clinical diagnoses and management, there is increasing value in using qualitative methods such as thematic analysis in guiding clinicians to develop a biopsychosocial approach for patient care.