Physical health among the Finnish spinal cord injury population according to the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to assess the physical health in the Finnish Spinal cord injury (SCI) population using the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) and make a comparison to the general United States (US) population. Furthermore, the aim is to explore the associations between pain interference, pain intensity, sleep disturbance, and fatigue and physical function.

Design

Cross-sectional study. This study is part of the Finnish Spinal Cord Injury (FinSCI) community survey study.

Setting

Community, Finland.

Participants

884 persons with SCI.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Outcome measures

Physical health was measured with custom Patient Reported Outcome Measure System (PROMIS®) short forms.

Results

Hig

SUBMITTER: Poutanen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature