TY - JOUR
AU - Nasser, Zeina
AB - BACKGROUND:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a permanent disability which negatively affects individuals’ health and particularly their quality of life.OBJECTIVE:To assess the quality of life (QoL) among Lebanese men with spinal cord injury and to compare it to a healthy control group.METHODS:A case control study was conducted. Fifty-one Lebanese patients with spinal cord injury and 51 age– sex-matched healthy persons were included in the study.RESULTS:Compared to healthy controls, the mean scores of eight domains of SF-36 were significantly lower in SCI group: physical functioning (PF) (26.5 vs 87; p value <0.0001), role limitations due to physical (RP) (57.8 vs 93.6; p value <0.0001), bodily pain (BP) (60.5 vs 90.7; p value, 0.0001), general health (GH) (49.5 vs 76.6; p value <0.0001), vitality (VT) (51.2 vs 71.3; p value <0.0001), social functioning (SF) (68.9 vs 91.2; p value <0.0001), role limitations due to emotional problems (RE) (71.2 vs 91.5; p value 0.003) and mental health (MH) (62.9 vs 79; p value <0.0001). Concerning PCS and MCS scores, SCI patients reported significantly lower scores than control group (p value <0.0001).CONCLUSION:Participants with SCI reported reduced QoL in comparison with normal individuals.
TI - Quality of life among men with spinal cord injury in Lebanon: A case control study
JO - Neurorehabilitation
DO - 10.3233/nre-192916
DA - 2019-12-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/quality-of-life-among-men-with-spinal-cord-injury-in-lebanon-a-case-3qb1YNQVAB
SP - 547
EP - 553
VL - 45
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -