Prospective longitudinal study of depression following spinal cord injury

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

scholarly journals Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alok Anshu ◽  
Shashivadhanan Sundaravadhanan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Abstract: Introduction Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one field of neurotrauma where fierce research has been going on to achieve a cure for the dreaded disease. Complete cure of this condition still remains elusive. Although focus is mainly on reversing the physical disability, not much importance is given to other factors which have an immense bearing on quality of life (QOL) of the victim. These factors include social health, psychological health, and environmental factors. The Indian Armed Forces offers the unique advantage of following up a patient from the time of injury till rehabilitation. This prospective longitudinal study is the first of its kind in India, undertaken to assess the QOL of the SCI patient from the time of trauma till end of 1 year. We have attempted to measure QOL of the SCI patients in four main domains (physical health, psychological health, social health, and environmental factors) and further tried to highlight the predictors which play a major role in improving QOL. It is proposed that identifying these important predictors and correcting them with appropriate targeted interventions can play a major role in improving the QOL in SCI patients. Materials and Methods This prospective longitudinal study was carried out in a single tertiary care hospital from May 2017 to October 2019. All patients with SCI were treated and followed up for at least 1 year posttrauma using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire. A total of 68 patients were treated and studied. Results were analyzed and conclusions drawn. Observations and Results Physical health was the most important domain to have an impact on QOL while environmental health had the least. Maximum improvement occurred in all domains during the first 6 months after which the improvement in scores was unimpressive. The degree of improvement correlated directly to the severity of initial motor deficits. Strong caregivers’ support and structured care in a rehabilitation center played important role in improving the QOL of SCI patients. Conclusion Our study goes on to prove that in order to improve QOL of SCI patients an assessment needs to be undertaken going beyond physical domain. Factors playing a major role in deciding QOL should be identified and then subsequently be corrected with targeted interventions.

Sexual health after spinal cord injury: A longitudinal study

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (8) ◽  
pp. 1043-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Fisher ◽  
Prakash W. Laud ◽  
Margaret G. Byfield ◽  
Traci T. Brown ◽  
Matthew J. Hayat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Aging After Spinal Cord Injury: A 30-Year Longitudinal Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Krause ◽  
Jennifer L. Coker
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Longitudinal study of body composition in spinal cord injury patients

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roop Singh ◽  
RajeshK Rohilla ◽  
Gaurav Saini ◽  
Kiranpreet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cord Injury
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