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  • Title: Life satisfaction following spinal cord and traumatic brain injury: a comparative study.
    Author: Hicken BL, Putzke JD, Novack T, Sherer M, Richards JS.
    Journal: J Rehabil Res Dev; 2002; 39(3):359-65. PubMed ID: 12173756.
    Abstract:
    The current study was designed to examine the predictive validity of several factors that are common to spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) populations to overall life satisfaction. We examined several demographic and functional predictors (1) within each group separately and (2) using both groups while controlling for unique predictors within groups. Participants included 190 and 57 individuals with SCI and TBI, respectively. To minimize the influence of injury duration, we assessed life satisfaction at 1-year postinjury in both groups. Functional disability (Functional Impairment Measure [FIM]) was the only common predictor within groups. For the TBI group, marital status was also a significant predictor of life satisfaction. None of the other predictors examined was significant among the SCI group. After functional disability and marital status were controlled, overall life satisfaction did not differ between groups. Total explained variance in life satisfaction was low in both groups, 9% and 25% in the SCI and TBI groups, respectively. Future directions are discussed.
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