The experience of brace treatment in children/adolescents with scoliosis

Table 4 Examples of statements about the support provided by family and friends

"My parents, and mostly my mother, were constantly by my side..."
"My mom was helping me always in everything and was making me feel good about myself..."
"My friends and classmates encouraged me a lot..."
"I was feeling that only my parents could understand me..."
"Regardless of the support provided, when I was alone I was thinking about it, it concerned me..."
"One girl-classmate was criticizing me for not accepting my condition... I believed that she was considering me handicapped, that she didn't think that I will get well, and that bothered me a lot..."

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