Browse the latest research summaries in the field of mental health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Int J Qualitative Stud Health Well-being, 2013 • August 23, 2013
The article discusses the importance of the interviewer's perception in grasping the experiences of others during an interview, going beyond simply eliciting data. It introduces the concept of self-tr...
KEY FINDING: The interviewer's perception is critical in understanding the interviewee's experiences beyond the spoken word, leading to richer, more abundant answers.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013 • September 20, 2013
This study examined the impact of MTBI on cognitive function in individuals with SCI. Participants were tested between 26 and 76 days post-injury. The study found no significant difference in neuropsy...
KEY FINDING: Persons who sustained traumatic SCI and co-occurring MTBI did not evidence significantly greater impairment on neuropsychological tests when compared with persons who sustained a traumatic SCI alone.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2013 • January 1, 2013
This study investigated subjective well-being, mental health, and resilience in individuals with chronic SCI over a 5-year period. It aimed to determine if those with returned subjective well-being we...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with chronic SCI may be vulnerable to mental health issues even after exhibiting good resilience.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The study examined sex differences in risk perceptions among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and their relationship to community integration and participation. Women with SCI reported higher...
KEY FINDING: Women with SCI perceived more dangers on every item on the RISCI Scale compared to men.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2013 • January 1, 2013
This study explored the associations between pain coping strategies and cognitions on the one hand and pain intensity and pain-related disability on the other hand, all measured in the context of a mu...
KEY FINDING: Participants showed more favorable scores on pain coping scales (Pain Transformation and Worrying) and pain cognition scales (Catastrophizing, Optimism, and Reliance on Health Care) after the CBT intervention.
Rehabil Psychol, 2014 • February 1, 2014
The study investigated the relationship between changes in disability, independence centrality, and depressive symptoms in SCI survivors. It found that increased disability was associated with increas...
KEY FINDING: Increased disability was related to increased depressive symptoms, particularly in the control group.
Spinal Cord, 2014 • April 1, 2014
This study investigated the relationship between mobility aid usage, pain, fatigue, and depressive symptoms in ambulatory individuals with SCI. The findings suggest that pain intensity and fatigue are...
KEY FINDING: Using people as a mobility aid was associated with increased odds of depressive symptomatology.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The results of this study provided preliminary support for our conceptual model; however, the final model explained only a small proportion of the variance associated with PTG. In this sample, greater...
KEY FINDING: Being female, younger, having less formal education, and less time since injury had significant relationships with PTG, whereas depression, violent etiology, and injury level/severity did not.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The study examined the independent contributions of pain intensity and pain interference to depression, while accounting for injury and demographic characteristics, antidepressant treatment, and pre-i...
KEY FINDING: Pain interference accounted for 13% to 26% of the variance in depression, while pain intensity accounted for only 0.2% to 1.2%.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2014 • January 1, 2014
This study aimed to understand the psychosocial problems of persons with SCI in Iran and explore the requirements for minimizing these difficulties through a descriptive cross-sectional study at the B...
KEY FINDING: Financial hardship due to unemployment and the high cost of living are major psychosocial problems for persons with SCI, followed by difficulties with transportation, house modification, education, marriage, social communication, sports, and entertainment.