NCT07686848Not yet recruiting
Smartphone App for Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis
Evaluating the Impact of a Smartphone App on Health Outcomes and Treatment Adherence in Adolescents With Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Mixed Method Quasi-Experimental Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate a smartphone application (DinSkoliose) designed to support adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in managing their condition and following their treatment. Adolescents with AIS often find it challenging to adhere to conservative treatment, such as wearing a brace or performing physiotherapy exercises. The app was developed specifically for this study as a theory-informed digital health intervention to support self-management and treatment adherence. It includes features such as symptom tracking, educational content, reminders, and social support. Participants will use the app for 12 weeks in their everyday environment alongside their usual care. They will complete questionnaires before and after the intervention and participate in an interview to share their experiences. The study will examine whether the app can improve health-related behaviors, including treatment adherence and self-management, and whether it is feasible and acceptable for adolescents with scoliosis.The app is meant to complemen the current AIS treatment, doesn't substitute it.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Jun 2026
- Start date
- Apr 2028
- Primary completion date
- Apr 2031
- Lead sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
- NCT number
- NCT07686848
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 30
- From Apr 2028 to the primary completion date, Apr 2031
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- The study population will consist of adolescent patients with AIS.
- The Inclusion criteria for participants in our study are those:
- who are diagnosed with AIS;
- who give written informed consent,
- who are at the age between 10 - 24 years old;
- under 16 years old for whom parental consent has been provided (as required by the National Research Ethics Committee);
- who can speak, read, and write in Norwegian or English;
- who have access to and ability to use smart phone;
- who have internet access.
- The Exclusion criteria for participants in our study are those who:
- have a history of other type of scoliosis (such as congenital, neuromuscular, degenerative);
- are younger than 10 years old and older than 24 years old;
- have any additional diagnosis that could affect the intervention outcome (severe mental health disorders or diagnosis of a developmental disorder that prevents understanding and compliance with intervention, leg length discrepancy).
Age in the registry: 10 years to 24 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OsloMet Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oslo | Norway | Unknown status |
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