The impact of COVID-19 on community integration, quality of life, depression and anxiety in people with chronic spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Context/objective

Compare community integration, quality of life, anxiety and depression of people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community before the outbreak of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) and during it.

Design

Prospective observational cohort study.

Setting

In-person follow-up visits (before COVID-19 outbreak) to a rehabilitation hospital in Spain and on-line during COVID-19.

Participants

Community dwelling adults (≥ 18 years) with chronic SCI.

Outcome measures

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) were compared using the Wilcoxon ranked test or paired t-test when appropriate.

Results

One hundred and s

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Rudolph A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542626 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature