|
Characteristics
|
Frequency (n)
|
%
|
|---|
|
Gender (n=752)
| | |
|
Girls
|
644
|
86
|
|
Boys
|
108
|
14
|
|
Age/years
| | |
|
7-12
|
105
|
14
|
|
13-14
|
228
|
30
|
|
15-16
|
292
|
39
|
|
17 and older
|
127
|
17
|
|
Scoliosis detector
| | |
|
Patient him/herself
|
50
|
7
|
|
Parents/family/ friends
|
485
|
64
|
|
Primary physicians
|
93
|
12
|
|
Hospital specialists
|
12
|
2
|
|
Allied health care provider
|
96
|
13
|
|
Non-health care provider
|
16
|
2
|
|
Risser sign
1
| | |
|
0
|
182
|
24
|
|
1
|
38
|
5
|
|
2
|
76
|
10
|
|
3
|
67
|
9
|
|
4
|
251
|
34
|
|
5
|
135
|
18
|
|
Cobb angle/°
| | |
|
10 - 24.9
|
119
|
16
|
|
25 - 34.9
|
229
|
31
|
|
35 - 39.9
|
114
|
15
|
|
40 - 44.9
|
91
|
12
|
|
>45
|
199
|
27
|
|
King Moe Classification
2
| | |
|
1
|
220
|
32
|
|
2
|
259
|
37
|
|
3
|
164
|
24
|
|
4
|
40
|
6
|
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
|
Back pain
3
| | |
|
Absent
|
307
|
42
|
|
Seldom
|
139
|
19
|
|
Sometimes
|
163
|
22
|
|
Often
|
93
|
13
|
|
All the time
|
30
|
4
|
|
Treatment recommendations
| | |
|
Brace
|
161
|
21
|
|
Surgery
|
195
|
26
|
|
Further observation
|
192
|
26
|
|
Discharged
|
204
|
27
|
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1)Not reported, n= 3 2)Not reported, n= 60 3)Not reported n= 20.
