Relationships Between Activities, Participation, Personal Factors, Mental Health, and Life Satisfaction in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Leeuwen, Christel M. van; Post, Marcel W M; Westers, Paul; Woude, Lucas H V van der; Groot, Sonja de; Sluis, Tebbe; Slootman, Hans J.; Lindeman, Eline

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2011.07.203

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“…Elsewhere we have shown that mental health influences well-being, but not the reverse. 10 This is consistent with theory that SWB is a satisfaction judgment, including judgment of one's mood. 9 Many rehabilitation clinicians and researchers have been surprised by the results of SWB studies in people with SCI, showing that SWB in this group is better than what is expected for such a serious injury.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Stensman 9 found four distinct patterns of life satisfaction early after SCI: low, high, recovery and fluctuating. A larger study 10 using statistical modelling showed five distinct trajectories from the start of active rehabilitation to 5 years after discharge: low life satisfaction scores at each time point (27.2%), high life satisfaction at each time point (16.5%), a recovery trajectory (23.3%), a deterioration trajectory (2.4%) and an intermediate life satisfaction trajectory (30.6%) that included less distinctive or variable patterns of life satisfaction. 10 Satisfaction with different life domains has also been the subject of research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A larger study 10 using statistical modelling showed five distinct trajectories from the start of active rehabilitation to 5 years after discharge: low life satisfaction scores at each time point (27.2%), high life satisfaction at each time point (16.5%), a recovery trajectory (23.3%), a deterioration trajectory (2.4%) and an intermediate life satisfaction trajectory (30.6%) that included less distinctive or variable patterns of life satisfaction. 10 Satisfaction with different life domains has also been the subject of research. Kemp and Krause 30 studied 177 people with SCI using a 1-4 point scale and found highest satisfaction scores with housing (3.5), friendships (3.2), emotional health (3.2) and life as a whole (3.2), and least satisfaction with health (2.4), finances (2.9) and community life (2.9).…”

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Psychosocial issues in spinal cord injury: a review

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Study design: Review. Objectives: To review literature on subjective well-being (SWB; mental health and life satisfaction) and on psychological and social support factors associated with these outcomes in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), in order to identify gaps in scientific knowledge and recommend research priorities. Setting: Non applicable. Methods: Narrative review of the SCI literature on life satisfaction and mental health (depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress syndrome) outcomes in people with SCI. Further, reviews were performed of the SCI literature on psychological and social support variables associated with SWB and on psychosocial interventions aimed to improve SWB. Results: People with SCI experience, on average, higher levels of distress and lower levels of life satisfaction compared with the general population. Individual differences, however, are large, and most people with SCI adapt well to their condition. A set of psychological and social support factors is strongly related to SWB. Intervention studies on cognitive behavioural therapy or coping effectiveness training to improve SWB show promising results, but suffer from methodological weaknesses (for example, lack of randomization and small sample size). Conclusion: There is a need for cohort studies with sufficient sample size, which include people early after onset of SCI in order to enhance our understanding of the course of mental health and well-being after SCI. Cohort studies could also identify which people are at risk for long-term impairment of SWB. Finally, intervention studies on psychosocial interventions are needed to identify which interventions may improve SWB of people with SCI.

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Psychosocial issues in spinal cord injury: a review

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“…8,[15][16][17] The added value of participation in InSCI is in (1) the opportunity to compare the situation of persons with SCI in the Netherlands with that in other countries and (2) the options of more in-depth multinational analyses of add-on topics. Three rehabilitation centers with a specialization in SCI rehabilitation, Rijndam Rehabilitation in Rotterdam, De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation in Utrecht, and the Center for Rehabilitation of the University Medical Center Groningen, will participate in this study.…”

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People with Spinal Cord Injury in the Netherlands

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Nooijen

Postma

et al. 2017

American Journal of Physical Medicine &Amp; Rehabilitation

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The estimated incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) was 14.0 per million per year in the Netherlands in 2010, or 11.7 per million per year for those surviving the acute phase.1 The incidence of traumatic SCI seems rather stable as an earlier study reported an estimated incidence of 10.4 per million per year surviving the acute phase in 1994. 2 The incidence of nontraumatic SCI in the Netherlands is unknown. However, a study on characteristics of persons with SCI admitted to an SCI department for initial inpatient rehabilitation found 54.7% of persons with SCI to have a nontraumatic lesion.3 Therefore, we assume that the incidence of nontraumatic SCI is slightly higher than the incidence of traumatic SCI. There are no reliable figures on the prevalence of SCI in the Netherlands.Most cases of traumatic SCI admitted to acute care hospitals were falls (53%) in 2010, followed by road traffic accidents (22%) and sports (14%).1 Within this last category, diving (27%) and bicycling (23%) were most common. Violence applied to only 2% of cases. Reported etiologies for nontraumatic SCI admitted to specialized rehabilitation centers were vascular diseases (28%), spinal degeneration (26%), inflammation (17%), malignant tumor (17%), and benign tumor (11%). 3The most notable change between 1994 and 2010 was a strong increase in age at injury. The proportion of newly injured people older than 60 years was 30% in 1994 compared with 52% in 2010.

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“…After SCI for recovery of biopsychosocial functions, comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation as a biopsychosocial model is necessary, which is more focused on improving the physical status and physical capacity as well as developing functional independence and mobility skills. During re-rehabilitation inpatient programs (1-3 years after SCI), efforts are made to maintain the existing skills and to improve functioning, physical activity, participation in daily living activities, and successful social integration [11,12]. However, during this period, psychological and social problems and obstacles emerge as people with SCI often distance themselves from society [13].…”

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Recovery of Biopsychosocial Functions Following 15 Years after Spinal Cord Injury

Adomavičienė¹,

Šidlauskienė²,

Raistenskis³

2017

Occup Med Health Aff

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BackgroundDuring recent years, intensively changing people's living habits, associated with changes in the country's social, economic, and demographic situation, are increasing the risk of traumatism; therefore, spinal cord injury (SCI) are more common especially among young people. The incidence of SCI in developed European countries is increasing: an average of 25.5 new SCI cases per million population per year (95% CI: 21.7 to 29.4), with frequency in different countries ranging from 2.1 to 130.7 new SCI cases each year [1,2]. The incidence of SCI in Lithuania is 24 new SCI cases per million per year [3][4][5]. Many studies [6][7][8] have confirmed that SCI more often occurs among young and physically active men aged from 29.7 to 35.2 years on average (from 72.1% to 85.3%). In Lithuania, two-thirds of people with SCI are younger than 30 years, and the ratio of men to women is 3.2:1.0 [9]. The prevalence of traumatic SCI ranges from 74.4% to 82.0% of all SCI cases, and of them, 49.4% to 62.1% are caused by motor transport accidents; 26.7% to 43.1%, by falls or jumps into water; and 16.8% to 22.3%, sports injuries [10].SCI causes a loss of biopsychosocial functions: altered body functions, decreased physical capacity and disrupted mobility, functional independence in daily life and social activities [1]. After SCI for recovery of biopsychosocial functions, comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation as a biopsychosocial model is necessary, which is more focused on improving the physical status and physical capacity as well as developing functional independence and mobility skills. During re-rehabilitation inpatient programs (1-3 years after SCI), efforts are made to maintain the existing skills and to improve functioning, physical activity, participation in daily living activities, and successful social integration [11,12]. However, during this period, psychological and social problems and obstacles emerge as people with SCI often distance themselves from society [13]. In the long-term period, physical strength, endurance, and functional skills of people with SCI slightly improve, and functioning and socialization processes improving each year after SCI by naturally engaging and participating in everyday life show capabilities to adapt to the environment, greater involvement in different activities and better outcomes although it often depends on the surrounding environment [14,15].Other authors [16,17] discuss about associations between functioning in daily life of this population and social interactions as well as relationships with loved ones (friends, family, acquaintances), community support by ensuring training of independent living skills and adjustment to a new life, continuity and integration of selfrealization in the community [18]. It should be noted that depending on successfully solved problems, favorable social conditions, social support, and state policy during the primary rehabilitation program Abstract Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes the loss of biopsychosocial functions, body dy...

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Relationships Between Activities, Participation, Personal Factors, Mental Health, and Life Satisfaction in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Cited by 76 publications

References 37 publications

Psychosocial issues in spinal cord injury: a review

Psychosocial issues in spinal cord injury: a review

People with Spinal Cord Injury in the Netherlands

Recovery of Biopsychosocial Functions Following 15 Years after Spinal Cord Injury

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