Quality of life in adults with spinal cord injury living in the community

Abstract

Study design:The study design used is cross-sectional descriptive survey.Objectives:The aim of this study is to describe the subjective and objective quality of life (QoL) of adults with chronic non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NT-SCI) and to compare the objective and subjective QoL of adults with chronic NT-SCI with adults who have a chronic traumatic spinal cord injury (T-SCI) and the general population.Setting:Living in the general community (non-residential care), Australia.Participants:The study included 443 adults with SCI (T-SCI, n=381) (NT-SCI, n=62), all SCI 6months duration.Intervention: Not applicable.Main Outcome Measures:Objective and subjective QoL domainsComprehensive QoL Sca..