Abstract

Objective of the study is to determine the dynamics of the attitude towards treatment in adolescents with scoliosis when using a teaching comic-based method within the Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS) programme; to identify for which age group this method is most effective. Methods and structure of the study. The scientific work had a quasi-experimental design with the division of patients into an experimental (83 people) and a control (127 people) group. Age of participants: 12–17 years. The experiment was conducted during the period of the children’s inpatient treatment in a specialised traumatology-orthopaedic sanatorium. In the control group, training in the SEAS method took place in its traditional format. In the experimental group, in addition to the traditional SEAS teaching techniques, a comic-based method using specially developed visual material was applied. To assess the adolescents’ attitude towards treatment, the brief illness perception questionnaire (V.M. Yaltonsky et al., 2017), the illness self-efficacy questionnaire (A.Sh. Tkhostov, E.I. Rasskazova, 2010), the WAM (Well-being, Activity, Mood) methodology (V.A. Doskin et al., 1973), semi-structured interviews and observation were used. Results and conclusions. Significant differences in the dynamics of the attitude towards treatment between the experimental and control groups were determined across all methods used (p<0.05). In the experimental group, a significant improvement was noted on the scales of self-efficacy, perceived controllability of the illness and treatment, and activity. In the control group, the changes were less significant. Younger adolescents of the experimental group, in comparison with older adolescents of the same group, demonstrated higher indicators on the “Perceived controllability of the illness and treatment” scale (p<0.05). The use of the comic-based method in the SEAS teaching system is an effective way of forming a positive attitude towards treatment in adolescents with a tendency towards higher effectiveness in the group of younger adolescents.

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Received: 10.05.2026 | Published: 26.06.2026

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