Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics in 272 Boston braced patients with late-onset juvenile or adolescent idiopathic scoliosis at mean follow-up of 24.7 years
Characteristic | Brace only N = 215 | Brace and surgery N = 25 | Brace and major curve ≥ 45° at follow-up n = 32 |
|---|---|---|---|
Educational level | |||
Primary school (9 year) | 6 | 9 | 7 |
High school (12 year) | 18 | 26 | 32 |
University college | 76 | 66 | 61 |
Work status | 78 | 64 | 72 |
Working full time | 9 | 16 | 9 |
Working part- time | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Student | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Homemaker | 2 | 0 | 0 |
On sick leave | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Rehabilitation | 6 | 8 | 15 |
Disability pension | |||
Changed job because of back pain or disability | 26 | 46*¤ | 27 |
Scoliosis influenced my choice of | 29 | 42 | 44 |
education and job | 32 | 33 | 48 |
Comorbidity | 17 | 42*¤ | 19 |
Smoking | 84 | 72 | 63# |
Married/living together | |||
Born children (n = 259) | 87 | 91 | 86 |
Pain in pregnancy (n = 225) | 50 | 53 | 50 |