An observational study in Scoliosis, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-23.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Observational
Analysis of video encounters between providers, patients, and families will be used to develop a shared decision making tool for patients deciding between surgery and observation for scoliosis treatment.
For patients and parents who are considering scoliosis surgery, a video recording of the encounter will be obtained during their routine clinical visit to discuss surgery/options. This video will then be sent to the shared decision making group at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota to run analysis of the data (Shared Decision Making National Resource Center, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic). Investigators will follow the patient's electronic medical records for 2 years after their decision of treatment option. No outcome forms will be specifically collected as part of the study, as outcomes forms are currently being collected clinically on all scoliosis patients.
Based off of the initial video recordings, the first visual prototype of the shared decision making tool for scoliosis has been developed. This prototype of the shared decision making tool will be now be used to help test it's efficiency.
593 studies on the registry are indexed under Scoliosis; 138 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 87 across 232 observational studies indexed under Scoliosis.
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Children and adults
Exclusion Criteria:
Investigators will enroll patients from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery for enrollment. The shared decision group will provide staff for data analysis.
Other: Video recording of clinical visit
For patients and parents that are considering scoliosis surgery, a video recording of the encounter will be obtained during their routine clinical visit to discuss surgery/options.
Number of patients who understand disease treatment as determined by analysis of video recording
Video will be recorded then be sent to the shared decision making group at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota to run analysis of the data (Shared Decision Making National Resource Center, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic).
Time frame: Baseline
Plan to share: No
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