Table 3 Characteristics of Adolescents and Parents Information Exchanges (Seeking or Providing) in OSGs
Adolescents | Parents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Providing information (n = 160) | Seeking information (n = 145) | p | Providing information (n = 141) | Seeking information (n = 159) | p | |
Past/current treatment | ||||||
Just diagnosed | 9 | 19 | .021 | 8 | 53 | < .001 |
Observation | 5 | 18 | .002 | 10 | 17 | .278 |
Brace | 114 | 82 | .008 | 82 | 76 | .073 |
Having surgery | 12 | 2 | .011 | 13 | 4 | .012 |
Had surgery | 28 | 3 | < .001 | 19 | 2 | < .001 |
AIS-specific | ||||||
Causes | 41 | 55 | .021 | 59 | 86 | .034 |
Co-occurring | 16 | 29 | .014 | 9 | 33 | < .001 |
Functioning | 7 | 18 | .011 | 9 | 11 | .085 |
Appearance | 10 | 28 | .001 | 12 | 4 | .070 |
Brace-specific | ||||||
Daily/nightly | 27 | 13 | .041 | 19 | 16 | .359 |
Monthly/yearly | 24 | 11 | .043 | 14 | 10 | .247 |
Types of | 39 | 23 | .065 | 40 | 35 | .205 |
Non-adherence | 12 | 8 | .486 | 5 | 8 | .529 |
Effectiveness | 39 | 13 | < .001 | 32 | 31 | .498 |
Appearance | 36 | 22 | .104 | 21 | 5 | < .001 |
Comfort | 29 | 28 | .791 | 28 | 19 | .060 |
Functioning | 16 | 15 | .921 | 11 | 16 | .495 |
Exercise/sports | 4 | 3 | .802 | 7 | 10 | .621 |
Clothes/dress | 20 | 13 | .322 | 16 | 11 | .182 |
Other biomedical | ||||||
Doctors/hospitals | 7 | 7 | .851 | 23 | 40 | .061 |
Research/resources | 9 | 2 | .047 | 13 | 3 | .005 |