The Influence of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Adult Patients With Neurological Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Sponsor
- Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente
- Enrollment
- 70
- Primary Endpoint
- WHOQOL-BREF
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 14 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Denise Midori Yoshihara
Principal Investigator
Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
WHOQOL-BREF
Time Frame: 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.