Mental Health of Adults Treated in Adolescence with Scoliosis-Specific Exercise Program or Observed for Idiopathic Scoliosis

Table 4

Women versus men within the subgroups.

Measures and domains	Unaffected			Scoliotic
	Women (𝑛=38)	Men (𝑛=38)	P	Women (𝑛=43)	Men (𝑛=25)	P
BDI
Total score	4.79±5.13 (0–26), 3	4.58±5.89 (0–36), 3	.87	4.70±5.17 (0–13), 3	3.96±3.48 (0–15), 4	.52
Symptoms (n (%))
Minimum	23 (61)	28 (74)	.33	23 (53)	14 (56)	.63
Mild	11 (29)	7 (18)		19 (44)	11 (44)
Moderate	4 (11)	2 (5)		0	0
Severe	0	1 (3)		1 (2)	0
>10-point threshold	7 (18)	4 (11)	—	6 (14)	1 (4)
GHQ-28
A: somatic symptoms	5.97±2.69 (2–12), 5	4.66±2.58 (2–14), 4	<.05*	5.44±2.75 (0–11), 5	5.36±2.34 (3–10), 5	.90
B: anxiety, insomnia	5.47±4.28 (0–16), 5	4.34±3.66 (0–14), 4	.21	5.19±3.68 (0–16), 5	4.68±3.08 (0–10), 5	.56
C: functional disorders, social dysfunction	7.29±2.04 (6–14), 7	6.61±2.09 (6–14), 7	.15	6.67±1.85 (2–13), 7	6.72±1.95 (1–11), 7	.92
D: depressive symptoms	1.13±2.07 (0–7), 0	.89±2.23 (0–13), 0	.63	1.30±2.67 (0–16), 0	.96±1.31 (0–5), 0	.55
Total score (A + B + C + D)	19.53±9.36 (6–37), 17	16.5±9.02 (0–54) 14.5	.15	18.60±8.47 (9–56), 17	17.00±7.14 (9–29), 17	.42

Data for BDI total scores and GHQ-28 are presented as mean ± SD (range), median.
BDI depressive symptoms: minimum (0–4 pts), mild (5–13 pts), moderate (14–20 pts), and severe (≥21 pts).
∗Significant difference.