Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men With Idiopathic Scoliosis

Idiopathic Scoliosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men Diagnosed With Idiopathic Scoliosis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05059561
• Other study ID #: Sultan Abdulhamid TRH
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was designed to investigate whether the temperament and character traits of young men with idiopathic scoliosis differ from healthy individuals of the same age group and characteristics.

Description:

All patients who applied to the orthopedics and traumatology department between July 2017 and June 2018 for a medical board examination were evaluated by physical and radiological examination. According to the Cobb method, individuals with a Cobb angle greater than 10° were diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis. In the same period, healthy individuals who applied for the same examination and met the inclusion criteria were determined as the control group by random sampling method. All participants were evaluated by a senior psychiatrist. Before the interview, all subjects fully informed about the purpose and scope of the study. After their permission was obtained the study and control groups completed a socio-demographic data form consisting of questions about detailed personal and medical history and, the participants were asked to fill in the TCI.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 324
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion criteria were 18 years of age and older, adequate level of education (at least primary school graduates) and capable of taking the tests and structured interview form, agreed to participate in the study, diagnosed with IS and did not have any psychiatric follow-up and treatment history.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals who were younger than 18 years of age, did not accept to participate in the study, had psychiatric disorders according to DSM V diagnostic criteria, additional medical disorders, and who were not at the level of education to take the tests and structured interview form were excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Scoliosis

Intervention

Radiation:
• X-ray radiograghy
Cobb angles of the patient and control groups were determined by using X-Ray radiography used in the radiological examination routinely applied to the individuals who applied for the health board examination.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital	Üsküdar	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men Diagnosed With Idiopathic Scoliosis - First Evaluation	Examining the X-ray radiograph results of all individuals who applied for a medical board examination report between July 2017 and July 2018, and identifying those with and without idiopathic scoliosis	July 2017-July 2018