The societal burden associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a cross-sectional burden-of-disease study
AIS negatively impacts societal costs and the HRQoL. Reducing the burden that is posed on the productivity sector by AIS and further improving the HRQoL for AIS patients is needed.
Authors
- Silvia Evers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1026-570X)
- Paul Willems (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5996-7548)
- Jacobus J. Arts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2947-8564)
- Thomáy-Claire Ayala Hoelen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9944-1831)
- Ghislaine van Mastrigt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8053-5512)
Institutions
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Trimbos Institute (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20423-x
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.02