Paper vs. Internet (P vs I)

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Idiopathic Scoliosis; Adolescent

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01772459

H10-01785

CW10-0184 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research has shown that questionnaires completed on the internet have the potential to provide more complete and honest data with fewer errors in a more efficient manner than questionnaires completed using the paper and pencil format. Despite the numerous advantages of internet-administered questionnaires, it is important to make sure that the internet questionnaires will yield comparable results to the well-established paper and pencil versions. No one has studied internet administration of scoliosis specific questionnaires in adolescents with scoliosis. The investigators will test whether the internet administration of scoliosis questionnaires is as reliable as the traditional paper and pencil version. The investigators predict that the internet-administered questionnaire will provide the same reliability as the paper-administered questionnaires.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 10-18
• Male or female
• Diagnosis of Adolescent or Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis
• Home access to computer and internet
• Capable or oral and written communication in English

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to communicate in English

Trial design

139 participants in 4 patient groups

Paper/Paper

Description:

This group will complete paper questionnaires at baseline and two week follow up.

Paper/Internet

Description:

This group will complete paper questionnaires at baseline and internet questionnaires at two week follow up.

Internet/Paper

Description:

This group will complete internet questionnaires at baseline and paper questionnaires at two week follow up.

Internet/Internet

Description:

This group will complete internet questionnaires at baseline and two week follow up.