PMID: 11926260Apr 3, 2002Paper

Health-related quality of life after spinal cord injury

Disability and Rehabilitation
Bernard E Leduc, Yves Lepage

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in spinal-cord-injured adults living in Quebec (Canada). Subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI) all of whom were members of the Quebec Paraplegic Association who gave their consent to participate completed the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36); sociodemographic and medical data were also solicited. Five hundred and eighty-seven participants were studied. The findings show a significant decrease in the score of the eight health concepts as measured by the SF-36 as well as that of the physical component summary measure (p<0.05). Analysing the various medical and sociodemographic variables with the eight scales of the SF-36 indicate that younger age, employment and the lack of hospitalization in the previous year were associated with a better quality of life. Mid- and long-term medical complications related to a spinal cord lesion and the impact of ageing are discussed briefly. HRQOL is decreased in the studied population with an SCI.

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