Quality of life of primary caregivers of spinal cord injury survivors living in the community

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dc.authoridAkgun, Kenan/0000-0002-0346-1473
dc.authoridtuna, hakan/0000-0002-5980-8413
dc.authorwosidones, kadriye/ABN-7109-2022
dc.authorwosidErhan, Belgin/HHN-8908-2022
dc.contributor.authorÜnalan, H
dc.contributor.authorGençosmanoglu, B
dc.contributor.authorAkgün, K
dc.contributor.authorKaramehmetoglu, S
dc.contributor.authorTuna, H
dc.contributor.authorÖnes, K
dc.contributor.authorRahimpenah, A
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:13:12Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:13:12Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To compare the quality of life scores of primary caregivers of spinal cord injury survivors living in the community with healthy age matched-population based controls and to determine the relationship between some severity parameters related with spinal cord injury and the quality of life scores of primary caregivers. Setting: University hospital, rehabilitation centre. Methods: Fifty primary caregivers of spinal cord injured patients living in the community and 40 healthy age-matched controls completed SF-36 (short form-36) questionnaire forms. Questionnaires were administered by interviewers who were physiatrists and the authors of the present study. All the patients were rehabilitated by the authors and data about the duration of injury, lesion levels, ASIA scores, degree of spasticity, presence of bladder and bowel incontinence and pressure sores were gathered from the hospital recordings and/or by physical examinations during control visits when the primary caregivers were administered the questionnaires. Results: Quality of life scores measured by SF-36 were significantly low in the primary caregivers group compared to age-matched healthy population based controls. No significant relation was demonstrated between the quality of life scores of primary caregivers and parameters such as the duration of injury, lesion levels, ASIA scores, degree of spasticity, bladder and/or bowel incontinence and pressure sores respectively. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, being a primary caregiver of a spinal cord injured victim significantly interferes with quality of life; some severity parameters related to the injury however do not seem to have an additional impact on the primary caregiver's life quality.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/sj.sc.3101163
dc.identifier.endpage322en_US
dc.identifier.issn1362-4393
dc.identifier.issn1476-5624
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.pmid11438853en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0034934811en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage318en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101163
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/23466
dc.identifier.volume39en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000169766800004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSpinal Corden_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectQuality Of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Caregiveren_US
dc.subjectSpinal Cord Injuryen_US
dc.subjectOf-Lifeen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.titleQuality of life of primary caregivers of spinal cord injury survivors living in the communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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