Japanese adaptation of the Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire-Brace for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) under brace treatment perceive stress, not only from scoliosis, but from wearing the brace itself. The Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire-Brace (BSSQbrace) was developed to assess the level of psychological stress induced by brace treatment for AIS. However, a Japanese version of BSSQbrace had not yet been developed.

METHODS:

We developed a Japanese adaptation of the Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire-Brace (JBSSQ-brace) through a guideline-based process to adapt assessment of the psychological effect of brace treatment for AIS in Japanese patients. We administered the JBSSQ-brace to 71 patients with AIS under brace treatment in our clinic. Internal consistency and reproducibility were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha and a test-retest method.

RESULTS:

We included 44 patients that responded adequately. JBSSQ-brace achieved excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84 for the first questionnaire, and 0.87 for the second) and substantial reproducibility (interclass correlation coefficient = 0.75). The average score for JBSSQ-brace was 16.5 and 16.8, and almost 40% of AIS patients felt a moderate-to-high stress from brace treatment.

CONCLUSIONS:

JBSSQ-brace is an effective instrument with which to evaluate the stress level from brace treatment in Japanese patients with AIS.

• Authors: Tomoyuki Asada, Toshiaki Kotani, Keita Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Kengo Fujii, Takahiro Sunami, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Yasushi Iijima, Tsutomu Akazawa, Shohei Minami, Seiji Ohtori, Masao Koda, Masashi Yamazaki
• Journal: Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (J Orthop Sci) Vol. 24 Issue 6 Pg. 1010-1014 (Nov 2019) ISSN: 1436-2023 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 31515118 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2019 The Japanese Orthopaedic Association. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adolescent
• Braces
• Child
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Female
• Humans
• Japan
• Male
• Reproducibility of Results
• Scoliosis (psychology)
• Stress, Psychological (diagnosis)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Translations