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How to Cope with the Ponseti Method for Clubfoot: The Families’ Standpoint

Daniela Dibello
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Giulia Colin
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Anna Maria Chiara Galimberti
altro
Valentina Di Carlo
2022
  • journal article

Periodico
CHILDREN
Abstract
(1) Background: The Ponseti Method is the gold standard for the treatment of congenital clubfoot. It is a low-cost treatment consisting in a series of plaster casts, a percutaneous Achilles' tenotomy and a Mitchell Ponseti brace to wear with a definite protocol. This treatment allows children to be with their families instead of being hospitalized. This advantage is also a challenge for the families that have to follow the protocol at home. This paper aims to analyze the perception, the difficulties and the overcomes of the families during the treatment. (2) Methods: We used a 41 questions questionnaire by Nogueira and Morquende. Questions were answered by families who had already finished the treatment or were still following it. (3) Results: We interviewed 92 families. The worst handling phase appeared to be the cast phase, while the brace seemed more bearable. In total, 57 families overrated tenotomy; (4) Conclusions: Families perceived the Ponseti Method as a quality treatment. The anxiety about the diagnosis played a strong role, but none of the difficulties encountered decreased the treatment outcomes or affected families' adherence to the protocol. The open-ended answers highlighted that the positive relationship with doctors played a key role in the everyday compliance and the achievement of good results.
DOI
10.3390/children9081134
WOS
WOS:000846006200001
Archivio
http://hdl.handle.net/11368/3029213
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85137340143
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/8/1134
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406557/
Diritti
open access
license:creative commons
license uri:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/bitstream/11368/3029213/1/children-09-01134.pdf
Soggetti
  • clubfoot

  • familie

  • Ponseti method

  • questionnaire

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