ArticleSpinal cord2019
A prospective study of health behaviors and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality after spinal cord injury.
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- Mapping of Dietary Interventions Beneficial in the Prevention of Secondary Health Conditions in Spinal Cord Injured Population: A Systematic Review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Pooled it
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- Lifestyle behaviors and loneliness in community-dwelling veterans living with spinal cord injuries and disorders.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- Incidence and risk factors of pneumonia following acute traumatic cervical spinal cord Injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Longitudinal changes in employment, health, participation, and quality-of-life and the relationships with long-term survival after spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2023Article
- Unmet healthcare needs and health inequalities in people with spinal cord injury: a direct regression inequality decomposition.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Life Satisfaction Trend and Mortality After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Cohort Study.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Health inequalities and income for people with spinal cord injury. A comparison between and within countries.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Cardiorespiratory Responses to 10 Weeks of Exoskeleton-Assisted Overground Walking Training in Chronic Nonambulatory Patients with Spinal Cord Injury.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Causes of death after spinal cord injury in the Czech Republic.Spinal cord · 2021Article
- Initial assessment and management of respiratory infections in persons with spinal cord injuries and disorders in the COVID-19 era.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Review
- Psychological factors and risk of mortality after spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
STUDY
designProspective cohort study
objectivesIdentify the association between health behaviors and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in adults with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI)
settingA large rehabilitation hospital in the Southeastern United States.
methodsParticipants included 3070 adults (>18 years old) with chronic (>1-year) traumatic SCI. Behavioral data were collected by mail-in self report assessment between 1997-1998 and 2007-2010. Mortality status was determined using the National Death Index as of December 2016. We examined the associations between six behavioral domains (prescription medication usage, alcohol use, smoking, two nutrition factors, and fitness) and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, including deaths due to sepsis (ICD-10-CM A40-A41), pneumonia and influenza (J09-J18), cancer (C00-D49), heart and blood vessel diseases (I00-I99), unintentional injuries (V01-X59, Y40-Y84, Y88), and all other causes.
resultsAll health behaviors, except one nutrition factor, were associated with risk of all-cause mortality. Prescription medication usage was related to an increase in the risk of deaths caused by sepsis, unintentional injuries, and other causes of death. Alcohol usage was associated with an increased hazard of deaths due to unintentional injuries. Smoking was associated with increased risk of deaths due to cancer, heart and blood vessel diseases, and all other causes. Fitness level was protective from deaths due to heart and blood vessel diseases and other causes, as was the other nutrition factor.
conclusionsThe results identify relationships between health behaviors and specific causes of death and affirm their importance as targets for SCI rehabilitation research and intervention.
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