Quality of Life in Adult Neurological Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Cord Injury; Acquired Brain Injury; Poliomyelitis
• Interventions: Other: Physical therapy, occupational therapy, psycotherapy, medical consultations

• Registration Number: NCT01573936
• Lead Sponsor: Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente

Brief Summary

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the influence of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program in the improvement of the health-related quality of life among adult neurological patients and to identify the sociodemographic and clinical associated characteristics. Subjects with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and poliomyelitis survivors participated in the study. All participants underwent a rehabilitation program (RP) from January 2008 through July 2010, which consists of 40-minutes of many therapies for 1-2 days a week. The WHOQOL-BREF was applied at the initial and discharge assessments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-09
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-13
• Status Verified: 2012-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosed with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and poliomyelitis survivors
• at least 18 years old
• consented to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• cognitive problems to understand and to respond the assessment instrument, according to medical files description and interviewer previous judgment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
rehabilitation program	Physical therapy, occupational therapy, psycotherapy, medical consultations	Rehabilitation program from January 2008 through July 2010, which consists of 40-minutes of many therapies for 1-2 days a week

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
WHOQOL-BREF	participants will be followed for the duration of rehabilitation program, an expected average of 7 months	The brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) is a sound, cross-culturally valid assessment of health-related quality of life in adults populations. Its assessment shows good to excellent internal consistency, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity, content validity, and construct validity in the healthy population and in different patient groups.