The impact of pain on spiritual well-being in people with a spinal cord injury

Abstract

This study was supported by grant funding from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

Prevalence and factors associated with a higher risk of neck and back pain among permanent wheelchair users: a cross-sectional study

“…This suggests that wheelchair users may be specially susceptible to suffering spinal pain. Moreover, this study shows that, in this population, suffering from spinal pain is associated with a significantly lower quality of life, which is consistent with previous studies [5,14,16]. These facts suggest that future research should be undertaken in order to: identify the factors predicting or causing spinal pain in this population, define prevention strategies and methods to reduce its impact, and assess the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of such strategies and methods.…”

“…LBP is the leading cause of "years lived with disability" worldwide, while NP is the fourth [1,2]. Data gathered by previous studies suggest that wheelchair users also suffer from NP and LBP [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], and that these conditions restrict their activity, increase their time spent bedridden, and decrease quality of life [6,7,[14][15][16][17]. In fact, pain relief has been identified as one of the main unmet needs in the community of wheelchair users across different countries [18].…”

Psychological distress and user experiences with health care provision in persons living with spinal cord injury for more than 20 years

“…Siddall et al also found pain to impact on spiritual well-being in people with long-term SCI. 29 In our study, psychological distress was not associated to age, gender, employment or marital status, which have also been shown in a study by Migliorini et al 30 in people with a long-term SCI (time since injury (range) 7-51). Distress in our cohort was independent of age at injury and time since injury, within the range of 21-35 years post injury.…”

MicroRNA‑138‑5p regulates the development of spinal cord injury by targeting SIRT1

“…Spinal cord injury (Sci) results from neurological damage in the spinal cord and leads to serious impairment of sensorimotor functions, along with other side effects (1), such as paraplegia and tetraplegia (2,3). Patients with Sci suffer from pain (4).…”