Results from 10 Years of a CBT Pain Self-Management Outpatient Program for Complex Chronic Conditions.

Traditional unimodal interventions may be insufficient for treating complex pain, as they do not address cognitive and behavioural contributors to pain. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and physical exercise (PE) are empirically supported treatments that can reduce pain and improve quality of life. To examine the outcomes of a pain self-management outpatient program based on CBT and PE at a rehabilitation hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

Outcomes and reflections on a consensus-building workshop for developing a spinal cord injury-related chronic pain research agenda.

Unlabelled: Context/ Objective: Chronic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) is a prevalent secondary health condition that significantly impacts quality of life (QoL). Although growing, the number of available effective pain management approaches for SCI is limited. Recognizing the need to "kick-start" activity on this topic, a consensus-building workshop on developing a research agenda for SCI-related chronic pain was held in 2006 with an expert panel.

Evaluation of an interdisciplinary program for chronic pain after spinal cord injury.

Objective: To assess efficacy of an interdisciplinary pain program adapted for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic pain.

Design: Prospective cohort.

Setting: University-affiliated rehabilitation hospital.

Development and preliminary evaluation of a structured family system intervention for adolescents with brain injury and their families.

Primary Objective: To develop and conduct a preliminary evaluation of a manualized family system intervention for adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Research Design: Descriptive/exploratory design using mixed methods: modified-Delphi technique, self-administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews.

Methods And Procedures: Topic modules and content areas for the adolescent version (BIFI-A) were developed, building on topic areas from the empirically-based Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) for adults.

Secondary health complications in an aging Canadian spinal cord injury sample.

Objectives: This study describes self-reported incidence of secondary health complications (SHCs) and their associations with age, years postinjury (YPI), and impairment among a Canadian spinal cord-injured (SCI) cohort.

Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey methods were used to collect data on (1) sociodemographics, (2) impairment, (3) health status, and (4) self-reported SHCs on 781 adults >or=1 yr post-SCI living in Ontario, Canada.

Results: Logistic regression analyses were used to determine associations between self-reported incidences of SHCs with the following covariates: (1) age, (2) YPI, and (3) impairment.

Long-term adjustment and community reintegration following spinal cord injury.

This paper presents the results of a 2-year mixed methodology (quantitative and qualitative) study examining the reintegration and quality of life of community-residing adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). A convenience sample of 100 individuals with SCI completed three questionnaires for the quantitative study phase. A self-selected subsample of 34 of the participants then attended qualitative focus groups to further explore adjustment to living in the community after SCI.

A comparison of independent living outcomes following traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.

This study compares independent living outcomes in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Both injuries represent life-altering events that are known to have a negative impact on independent living and are predominantly experienced by members of the same demographic group. However, the types of resultant impairments and disabilities experienced by the two populations differ substantially.