Publications by authors named "Kiley J Pershouse"
Objective: To track changes in quality of life and function for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) along the lifespan.
Design: A wave panel design in which data were collected annually over 5 years across 6 strata that represented different periods since injury.
Setting: Telephone interviews with participants in their home environment.
Objective: To examine the equivalence reliability and test-retest reliability of the Clinical Outcome Variables Scale (COVS) when administered via telephone (TCOVS) to people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Design: Equivalence (telephone administration vs in-person) and test-retest reliability study.
Setting: Assessments conducted in participants' home environment.
Purpose: To investigate perceptions of functional change over time held by individuals with long duration spinal cord injury (SCI) living in Queensland, Australia.
Method: A retrospective telephone questionnaire was administered to 84 individuals who had sustained a SCI more than 20 years previously and were older than 15 at the time of injury. Motor subset scores of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and a single scale measuring mobility aids status (MAIDS), were collected for three points in time--post discharge from initial rehabilitation (D/C point); approximately 10 years post injury (Mid point) and currently (Current point).
Objective: To determine those factors perceived to change or threaten function and quality of life among individuals with long duration spinal cord injury.
Design: Retrospective self-report using telephone-administered questionnaire.
Setting: Queensland, Australia.