Quality of life among men with spinal cord injury in Lebanon: A case control study
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tarek Sunna; Hiba Zein; Elias Elias; Zeina Nasser; Marwa Summaka; Charbel Elias
- Source
- NeuroRehabilitation. 45:547-553
- Subject
- Adult
Male
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
SF-36
Emotions
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Physical functioning
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Lebanon
Spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord Injuries
Social functioning
business.industry
Rehabilitation
Case-control study
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Mental health
Bodily pain
Case-Control Studies
Quality of Life
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 1878-6448
1053-8135
BACKGROUND Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a permanent disability which negatively affects individuals' health and particularly their quality of life. OBJECTIVE To assess the quality of life (QoL) among Lebanese men with spinal cord injury and to compare it to a healthy control group. METHODS A case control study was conducted. Fifty-one Lebanese patients with spinal cord injury and 51 age- sex-matched healthy persons were included in the study. RESULTS Compared to healthy controls, the mean scores of eight domains of SF-36 were significantly lower in SCI group: physical functioning (PF) (26.5 vs 87; p value