Priority 26 from the Scoliosis PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: Does scoliosis affect life expectancy in adults? (JLA PSP Priority 26) | |
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| Overall ranking | 26 |
| JLA question ID | 0059/26 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence |
Previous related research studies - Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2015 Feb;101(1 Suppl):S109-18. Epub 2015 Jan 23. Early-onset scoliosis: current treatment. Cunin V1. No evidence for adults - so question changed to focus on this group of patients. The Impact of Small Spinal Curves in Adolescents Who Have Not Presented to Secondary Care A Population-Based Cohort Study.Emma M. Clark, PhD,Jon H. Tobias, PhD,and Jeremy Fairbank. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 May;41(10):E611-7 |
| Health Research Classification System category | Musculoskeletal |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | Does scoliosis reduce your life expectancy? ~ What's the average life expectancy for a patient with adult idiopathic scoliosis (treated with a spinal fusion and untreated)? ~ Does scoliosis give people a shorter life span that also have restrictive lungs? |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0059 |
| PSP name | Scoliosis |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 54 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the PSP final report held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 4 November 2017 |