The economic and societal burden associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A burden-of-disease study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has an estimated general population prevalence of 2% to 3%. The impact of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) on the patients' experienced quality of life and psychological well-being and the resulting societal burden are increasingly recognized. However, there is limited knowledge on the economic burden of AIS. This cross-sectional, prevalence-based, bottom-up approach burden of disease study aims to determine the impact associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in terms of the cost-of-illness and health-related quality of life from a societal perspective in the Netherlands.

Methods

Persons diagnosed with AIS or parents of a child with AIS that are willing and able to answer the questionnaires will be eligible to part

SUBMITTER: Hoelen TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature