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  • Title: The relationship between quality of life and change in mobility 1 year postinjury in individuals with spinal cord injury.
    Author: Riggins MS, Kankipati P, Oyster ML, Cooper RA, Boninger ML.
    Journal: Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 2011 Jul; 92(7):1027-33. PubMed ID: 21704781.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To examine quality-of-life (QOL) factors and change in mobility in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) 1 year after injury. DESIGN: Retrospective case study of National SCI Database data. SETTING: SCI Model Systems (SCIMS) sites (N=18). PARTICIPANTS: Subjects (N=1826; age >18y) who presented to an SCIMS site after traumatic SCI between June 2004 and July 2009 and returned for 1-year follow-up. All subjects had FIM mobility data for both assessments. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Assessment of impairment based on Lower-Extremity Motor Score. Assessment of QOL based on Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique, Patient Health Questionnaire, Satisfaction With Life Scale, Self-perceived Health Status, and pain severity scores. RESULTS: Of the sample, 55 individuals transitioned from walking to wheelchair use within 1 year of discharge. This group had the highest number of individuals from minority groups (52.8%) and the lowest employment rate (7.3%). Compared with individuals who transitioned from wheelchair use to walking or maintained wheelchair use or ambulation, the walking-to-wheelchair transition group had significantly lower QOL scores (P<.01), including higher depression (P<.01) and higher pain severity (P<.001). CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with SCI who transitioned from walking at discharge to wheelchair use within 1 year had low QOL factors, including high pain and depression scores. Rehabilitation professionals should consider encouraging marginal ambulators to work toward functional independence from a wheelchair, rather than primary ambulation during acute inpatient rehabilitation.
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