Evaluating measures of quality of life in adult scoliosis: a protocol for a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adult scoliosis represents a distinct subgroup of scoliosis patients for whom the diagnosis can have a large impact on their health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). Therefore, HR-QOL patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are essential to assess disease progression and the impact of interventions. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the measurement properties of HR-QOL PROMs in adult scoliosis patients.

Methods

We will conduct a literature search, from their inception onwards, of multiple electronic databases including AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline, PsychINFO and PubMed. The searches will be performed in two stages. For both stages of the search, participants will be aged 18 and over with a diagnosis of scoliosis. The primary outcome of inte

SUBMITTER: Archer JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474779 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature