Perceptions of body image, happiness and satisfaction in adolescents wearing a Boston brace for scoliosis treatment

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 683-690

  Sapountzi Krepia, Despina S ^a,d   Valavanis, John ^b   Panteleakis, George P ^a   Zangana, Dimitra T ^a   Vlachojiannis, Pantelis C ^a   Sapkas, George S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b George Papanikolaou   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body image; Boston brace; Happiness; Idiopathic; Nursing role; Perception; Satisfaction; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BRACE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BRACES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035461413     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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