Perceived quality of life was better than normal among men with spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can have devastating consequences for physical functioning, related to the level of injury. Most of us assume that the emotional and social consequences are similarly severe. Researchers recruited subjects at two Veterans Administration hospitals to examine whether men’s self-perceived quality of life was linked to injury severity.
The study population consisted of 20 men with “high SCI” with lesions at or above T6 (some were quadriplegics), 10 with “low SCI” with lesions below T7, and 11 nondisabled men (controls). Injuries occurred many years previously (mean: high-SCI group, 27.9 years; low-SCI group, 16.5 years). Some controls had mononeuropathies or mild polyneuropathies. Subjects rated their life satisfaction, …
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)