Table 4.

24-Item Early Onset Scoliosis Questionnaire (EOSQ-24) score after traditional growing rod procedures

	Preoperatively, mean (range)	At last follow-up, mean (range)	p-value a
Mean EOSQ-24 score	78.2 (58 to 90)	77.2 (55 to 88)	0.70
Subdomain b
General health	0.49 (0.30 to 0.70)	0.59 (0.30 to 0.80)	0.13
Transfer	0.75 (0.60 to 1.0)	0.74 (0.40 to 1.0)	0.76
Physical function	0.72 (0.40 to 0.93)	0.73 (0.33 to 0.93)	0.55
Fatigue/Energy	0.66 (0.40 to 0.90)	0.73 (0.40 to 0.90)	0.08
Parental impact	0.71 (0.44 to 0.92)	0.75 (0.36 to 0.96)	0.29
Financial impact	0.86 (0.60 to 1.0)	0.75 (0.40 to 1.0)	0.06
Pulmonary function	0.59 (0.40 to 0.80)	0.78 (0.60 to 0.90)	< 0.01
Daily living	0.67 (0.40 to 1.0)	0.79 (0.40 to 1.0)	< 0.01
Pain	0.50 (0.20 to 0.80)	0.32 (0.20 to 0.50)	< 0.01
Emotion	0.67 (0.40 to 0.90)	0.49 (0.30 to 0.90)	< 0.01
Satisfaction	0.57 (0.30 to 0.80)	0.49 (0.20 to 0.80)	0.02

^astatistics were performed with paired sample t-test

^bmanifested as the ratio of best score in each subdomain