The effectiveness of self-esteem and psychological problems educational package in children with scoliosis

Self-esteem gradually increases in the pre-adolescent years, and with the onset of adolescence due to abstract thinking about physical interpretation, more thoughts about oneself are observed. Social strength is such as graduating from university, marriage, changing jobs. Diseases that change the structure of the body, such as scoliosis, may also change the mental image of the body

Clinical trial with control group, with parallel groups, double-blind, randomized, on 60 patients.Excel software rand function was used for randomization.

Background: Psychological education of patients with scoliosis Location: Shafa Yahyaian Hospital, Tehran Scope and method of work: Educational package for children Blinding: Yes-patient-physician-statistical researcher

Inclusion criteria: Patients with idiopathic scoliosis, No need for surgical treatment, Accept brace treatment Age 9-12 years Criteria for non-entry : Congenital scoliosis Secondary scoliosis to other etiologies such as radiotherapy or tumor Age less than 9 and older than 12 years

The experimental group undergoes 12sessions of 1.5 hours, one session per week for approximately three months under the intervention of self-respect training by a clinical psychologist Demographic, clinical, and radiographic information are obtained using patient records Completion of the body image anxiety questionnaire is done by the participants at the beginning and end of the study at intervals of three months, twice, in both group

1. A person's dissatisfaction and embarrassment with his appearance, checking and hiding perceived defects 2. The degree to which anxiety about appearance interferes with a person's social performance

Randomization method in the present study: simple randomization so that they will be divided into control and intervention groups one by one. Randomization unit: will be individual. Layers of randomization: Using stratified randomization Patients are randomly placed in different groups and random blocks are used for balance in groups. The samples are classified according to the center of the class and then in each class with the help of software to generate a random sequence. Randomization tool: Random number table The method of constructing a random sequence is selected one by one Explanation of allocation concealment: Patients do not know the type of intervention and the person performing the analysis does not know the type of intervention.

Participant: does not know the type of intervention Clinical caregiver: Knows the type of intervention Researcher: Knows the type of intervention Impact Assessor: Does not know the type of intervention Data Analyzer: Does not know the type of intervention Health personnel (physicians): Do not know the type of intervention Data collectors and those evaluating the outcome: Unaware of the type of intervention

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