Australian arm of the International Spinal Cord Injury (Aus-InSCI) Community Survey: 3. Drivers of quality of life in people with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Cross-sectional population-based survey for the Australian cohort of the International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey.

Objectives

To differentiate subgroups of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who self-report good and poor overall quality of life (QoL) using domains of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF), and to evaluate how these factors contribute to QoL when considered together, while controlling confounders.

Setting

Australian survey data from four state-wide SCI services, one government insurance agency, and three not-for-profit consumer organisations.

Methods

Explanatory factors for QoL were compared between participants reporting poor vs. good QoL. Path models estimated total, direct and mediated contributi

SUBMITTER: Kifley A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10023557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature