Clinical trial NCT05059561: Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Official title: Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men Diagnosed With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Idiopathic Scoliosis
Keywords: Idiopathic scoliosis
temperament
character
personality
persistence
novelty-seeking
Lead sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-09-28
Enrollment: 324
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patient group: 162 person Control group: 162 person

Brief summary: This study was designed to investigate whether the temperament and character traits of young men with idiopathic scoliosis differ from healthy individuals of the same age group and characteristics.

Detailed description: All patients who applied to the orthopedics and traumatology department between July 2017 and June 2018 for a medical board examination were evaluated by physical and radiological examination. According to the Cobb method, individuals with a Cobb angle greater than 10° were diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis. In the same period, healthy individuals who applied for the same examination and met the inclusion criteria were determined as the control group by random sampling method. All participants were evaluated by a senior psychiatrist. Before the interview, all subjects fully informed about the purpose and scope of the study. After their permission was obtained the study and control groups completed a socio-demographic data form consisting of questions about detailed personal and medical history and, the participants were asked to fill in the TCI.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Inclusion criteria were 18 years of age and older, adequate level of education (at least primary school graduates) and capable of taking the tests and structured interview form, agreed to participate in the study, diagnosed with IS and did not have any psychiatric follow-up and treatment history.

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals who were younger than 18 years of age, did not accept to participate in the study, had psychiatric disorders according to DSM V diagnostic criteria, additional medical disorders, and who were not at the level of education to take the tests and structured interview form were excluded from the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Temperament and Character Traits in Young Men Diagnosed With Idiopathic Scoliosis - First Evaluation
timeFrame: July 2017-July 2018
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Üsküdar
country: Turkey
facility: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital
state: Istanbul
Study officials:
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