Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:17 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:17 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00445393
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* All patients diagnosed with AIS, between the ages of eleven and sixteen, who are scheduled to undergo surgical intervention, will be eligible to participate in the study. The patient and one parent will be required to complete the questionnaires in their entirety at the predetermined time points. There are several different methods of surgical intervention for AIS, however there will be no selection on the basis of the type of intervention. Curve pattern and severity will, similarly, not be used as inclusion criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
* All types of scoliosis besides AIS will be excluded. This includes neuromuscular, congenital, infantile idiopathic, and childhood idiopathic scoliosis.
* Children younger than eleven years or older than sixteen years will be excluded.
* Those with additional chronic disease will be excluded, due to the possibility of confounding.
* Those unable to complete the entire questionnaire, for any reason, or those unable to complete the questionnaires at each time point will be excluded.
* Existence of psychiatric disorder prior to treatment will not be cause for exclusion from the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
11 Years
Maximum Age:
16 Years
Study:
NCT00445393
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00445393