Relationships of self-reported opioid and benzodiazepine use with health-related quality of life among adults with spinal cord injury.

Background: There is limited understanding of the relationships between prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use and indices of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among those with spinal cord injuries (SCI).

Objective: To identify the relationships between self-reported prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use and two indicators of HRQOL, number of days in poor physical health and poor mental health in the past 30 days among adults with SCI.

Methods: A cross-sectional cohort study of 918 adults with chronic (>1 year), traumatic SCI living in the Southeastern United States was conducted.

All day in bed, all night in the wheelchair: Unmet attendant care needs of people with spinal cord injury.

Context: Having dependable attendant care is essential to the health and well-being of those most severely impacted by a spinal cord injury (SCI). Our objective was to identify how often people with SCI who require assistance for transfers either spend a full day in bed or all night in a wheelchair because they do not have paid or unpaid assistance.

Findings: Of the 918 respondents, 319 (34.

Relationships of Self-reported Opioid Use and Misuse and Pain Severity With Probable Major Depression Among Participants With Spinal Cord Injury.

Objectives: To examine the relations of pain intensity, opioid use, and opioid misuse with depressive symptom severity and probable major depression (PMD) among participants with spinal cord injuries (SCI), controlling for demographic, injury, and socioeconomic characteristics.

Study Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Medical University in the Southeastern United States (US).