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ArticleBMC public health2010

Health-related quality of life among individuals with long-standing spinal cord injury: a comparative study of veterans and non-veterans.

Soheil Saadat, Masoud Javadi, Baharak Sabet Divshali, Amir Hussein Tavakoli, Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi, Ali Montazeri, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar

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Article in BMC public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  19. The spinal cord injury quality-of-life-23 questionnaire, Iranian validation study.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Soheil SaadatSina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud Javadi
Baharak Sabet Divshali
Amir Hussein Tavakoli
Seyed Mohammad Ghodsi
Ali Montazeri
Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRAcademic Center for Education, Culture and Research · IRJanbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpinal cord-injured (SCI) patients experience poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and they usually report lower HRQOL than the general population or population subgroups in Iran and elsewhere. The aim of this study was to compare HRQOL between veterans and non-veterans with SCI in Iran.

methodsThis was a cross-sectional study. HRQOL was measured using the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Thirty-nine male veterans and 63 non-veteran males with SCI were included in the study. Regression analyses were applied to determine the variables affecting physical and mental health-related quality of life among the patients.

resultsThe male veterans had a lower HRQOL than the non-veterans with SCI. The differences were significant for all measures except for physical and social functioning. The greatest difference was observed for bodily pain (P = 0.001). The regression analysis results indicated that a longer time since injury was associated (P = 0.01) with better physical health-related quality of life (PCS), while being a veteran (P < 0.001) and having a spinal lesion in the cervical region (P = 0.001) were associated with poorer PCS. Older age (P < 0.001) and higher education (P = 0.01) were associated with better mental health-related quality of life (MCS), while being a veteran and having a spinal lesion in the cervical region (P = 0.02) were associated with poorer MCS.

conclusionThe study findings showed that veterans with SCI experienced lower HRQOL than their non-veteran counterparts. A qualitative study is recommended to evaluate why HRQOL was lower in veterans than in non-veterans with SCI although veterans had higher incomes as a result of their pensions and increased access to equipment, and medications. To improve quality of life in both veterans and non-veterans with spinal cord injuries, policy changes or implementation of new interventions may be essential so that veterans could receive additional support (e.g. counseling, recreation therapy, vocational therapy, etc.) and non-veterans could meet their basic needs.

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Quality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAdultCross-Sectional StudiesEducational StatusEmploymentHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIranMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsQualitative ResearchSpinal Cord InjuriesVeteransYoung Adult

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