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Few studies compare the quality of life of adolescents with and without scoliosis. Our study aims to investigate the quality of life of adolescents with and without scoliosis using the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire.\r\nObjectives:\u00a0The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life of adolescents with scoliosis in comparison to adolescents without scoliosis.\r\nMethod:\u00a0This comparative cross-sectional study included 60 participants who answered KIDSCREEN-27 accompanied by questions about age, sport intensity and their school category. Girls between the ages of 12 and 17 were included in the study. For each category of KIDSCREEN-27, the values were compared between participants with and without scoliosis.\r\nResults:\u00a0Statistical analysis was done using R Version 4.3.3. In none of the categories were the mean\u00a0T-scores of adolescents with scoliosis significantly lower than those of the comparison group. 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