Articles - Quality of life en-us http://www.thescizone.com/info N/A http://www.thescizone.com/info webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/484/1/Psychological-or-physiological/1.html Why are tetraplegic patients content?Objective: To assess the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on perceived health-related quality of life (QOL). Background: SCI is physically disabling, socially handicapping, and romantically limiting. Nevertheless, little is known about post-SCI neurocognitive and psychosocial life. Better understanding of the cognitive and emotional worlds of SCI patients is essential to better address and meet their needs and expectations. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/172/1/Quality-of-Life-Whats-Important/Page-1.html  Researchers have much data showing that people with spinal cord injuries have a high quality of life. Many people are surprised by this. "How can spinal cord injury survivors have all the problems they do with their health, their finances, their mobility and independence, and with getting jobs and personal care assistants, and still claim that they are happy and their quality of life is good?" they ask. "How can everything seem so good when compared to others, things are so bad?" webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/74/1/Book-Roll-Models-by-Richard-Holicky/More-Info.html Why do some spinal cord injury survivors succeed after injury and others spiral into inactivity and depression? Richard Holicky, himself a survivor, profiles 53 people and comes up with answers. Roll Models is a valuable new resource for recently injured people and their families, and for nurses, therapists, psychologists and all other professionals who treat, work with and care for people with spinal cord injury. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 02 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/105/1/Bladder-management-and-quality-of-life-after-spinal-cord-injury/Page-1.html  Fifty-three individuals with SCI who required assistance for bowel and bladder management were matched case for case on age, education, sex, race, and lesion level with 53 subjects with SCI and independent control of bowel and bladder. Outcome measures included the Satisfaction With Life Scale, the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART), and the SF-12. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Sun, 05 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/92/1/Life-Satisfaction-Among-Persons-with-Spinal-Cord-Injuries/Page-1.html  Every year, approximately 10,000 persons in the United States, typically young adults (New Mobility, 1996), seriously injure their spinal cords and become permanently paralyzed. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:00:00 -0400