M Dunn1, L Love, C Ravesloot. 1. Spinal Cord Injury Service, Veterans Afftirs Palo Alto Health Care System, California 94304, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare self-reported health, independence, and depression in two samples of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), one which receives regular, comprehensive outpatient health care follow-up and one that does not. DESIGN: Exploratory study of self-reported secondary conditions in 235 individuals with SCI who received health care follow-up using post hoc quasi-experimental comparisons with a group of 136 people with SCI who had no health care follow-up. SETTING: Outpatients at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System SCI Center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The Check Your Health Instrument surveyed three self-report measures: overall health, independence, and depression. The Secondary Conditions Screening Instrument (SCSI) addressed 40 secondary conditions that may have been experienced in the prior year. RESULTS: Study participants who receive ongoing SCI health care reported higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression scores compared to those that did not receive regular SCI health care follow-up. Results on the SCSI showed similar secondary conditions in the two groups, but higher frequency and severity in the no follow-up group. CONCLUSION: SCI outpatient health care follow-up is associated with higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression.
OBJECTIVE: To compare self-reported health, independence, and depression in two samples of people with spinal cord injury (SCI), one which receives regular, comprehensive outpatient health care follow-up and one that does not. DESIGN: Exploratory study of self-reported secondary conditions in 235 individuals with SCI who received health care follow-up using post hoc quasi-experimental comparisons with a group of 136 people with SCI who had no health care follow-up. SETTING: Outpatients at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System SCI Center. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The Check Your Health Instrument surveyed three self-report measures: overall health, independence, and depression. The Secondary Conditions Screening Instrument (SCSI) addressed 40 secondary conditions that may have been experienced in the prior year. RESULTS: Study participants who receive ongoing SCI health care reported higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression scores compared to those that did not receive regular SCI health care follow-up. Results on the SCSI showed similar secondary conditions in the two groups, but higher frequency and severity in the no follow-up group. CONCLUSION: SCI outpatient health care follow-up is associated with higher subjective health, independence, and absence of depression.
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