PMID: 9194256Jun 1, 1997Paper

Estimating social adjustment following spinal trauma--II: Population trends and effects of compensation on adjustment

Spinal Cord
C GlassC Orritt

Abstract

Adaptation to, or acceptance of, acquired spinal cord injury is accepted as an essentially longitudinal process. Changes in an individual's social, financial and domestic positions in turn affect issues concerning quality of life and self-image. The responses of 302 individuals with spinal cord injury in the United Kingdom and United States of America are presented to produce individual profiles of social adjustment. The differences between the UK and USA groups are presented, together with a combined analysis which addresses, in particular, the effects which being involved in litigation has on the process of social adjustment. Individual data concerning social adjustment, provided through a scale developed by the authors, and the utility of graphical presentation of the data is also presented. Such presentation has been found to have particular importance in clinical interview, situations by providing a framework for further exploration of individual adjustment difficulties, and in legal settings.

Citations

May 25, 2010·Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America·Charles H BombardierIvan R Molton
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Aug 15, 2003·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation·Mary Ann McCollHans Frankel
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