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Τύπος:	Άρθρο σε περιοδικό
Τίτλος:	Quality of life (QoL) of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in western Greece
Συγγραφέας:	[EL] Τζάνος, Ιωάννης-Αλέξανδρος[EN] Tzanos, Ioannis-Alexandros [EL] Κυριακίδης, Αθανάσιος[EN] Kyriakides, Athanasios [EL] Γκιντώνη, Ευγενία[EN] Gkintoni, Evgenia [EL] Παναγιωτόπουλος, Ηλίας[EN] Panagiotopoulos, Elias
Ημερομηνία:	31/07/2019
Περίληψη:	Community living individuals with SCI face major health-related QoL challenges, especially in countries such as Greece, due to the lack of infrastructure and support networks. The aim of this study is to evaluate QoL of people with SCI who have already completed the rehabilitation program and live in the geographic area of Western Greece and to identify the clinical and demographic factors that affect QoL in this population. Thirty-six individuals with SCI living in Western Greece participated in this study. We used World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire to estimate their QoL levels. Additional data were collected by clinical measurements and a demographic questionnaire. The mean age of the sample was 45.1±9.8 years, the mean time since injury was 13.1±11.7 years and 89% of the participants were male. The mean values of QoL parameters ranged from 56.6±16.6 up to 100 (physical health) to 67.7±18.1 up to 100 (environment). Lower education level (p = 0.035) and married life (p = 0.006) are associated with higher QoL levels regarding environment and social relationships respectively. Additionally, as time since injury passes, the aspect of Qol that is related with social relationships improves (p = 0.04). The study documents relatively high rates of QoL in the population of individuals with SCI in Western Greece. Married life, low educational level and long time post injury are determinants of high QoL levels in this population.
Γλώσσα:	Αγγλικά
Σελίδες:	6
DOI:	10.11648/j.rs.20190401.12
ISSN:	2637-5931
Θεματική κατηγορία:	[EL] Αποκατάσταση[EN] Rehabilitation
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:	Spinal Cord Injury; Quality of Life; Physical activity; Pressure Ulcers; Urinary Incontinence
Κάτοχος πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων:	© 2019 Authors retain the copyright of this article
Όροι και προϋποθέσεις δικαιωμάτων:	This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Διατίθεται ανοιχτά στην τοποθεσία:	http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=234&doi=10.11648/j.rs.20190401.12
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση του τεκμηρίου στον εκδότη:	http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=234&doi=10.11648/j.rs.20190401.12
Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση περιοδικού:	http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/index?journalid=234
Τίτλος πηγής δημοσίευσης:	Rehabilitation Science
Τεύχος:	1
Τόμος:	4
Σελίδες τεκμηρίου (στην πηγή):	7-12
Σημειώσεις:	This project is funded by a research European program that aims to enhance scientific collaboration among young researchers
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