Longitudinal measurement invariance of the international spinal cord injury quality of life basic data set (SCI-QoL-BDS) during spinal cord injury/disorder inpatient rehabilitation.

Purpose: This study aimed at testing the internal consistency and longitudinal measurement invariance of a brief quality of life questionnaire-the spinal cord injury quality of life basic data set (SCI-QoL-BDS)-among individuals with spinal cord injury/disorder undergoing first inpatient rehabilitation.

Methods: Longitudinal data from the Swiss spinal cord injury inception cohort study were used. Participants (n = 218) completed the SCI-QoL-BDS at one and three months post injury and at discharge.

Internal consistency and convergent validity of the International Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life Basic Data Set at discharge from first rehabilitation.

Study Design: This study is a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study.

Objectives: To examine internal consistency and convergent validity of the International Spinal Cord Injury Quality of Life Basic Data Set (QoL-BDS) at discharge from first inpatient rehabilitation.

Setting: The study was performed at four rehabilitation centers in Switzerland.

Body experience during post-acute rehabilitation in individuals after a traumatic spinal cord injury: a qualitative interview-based pilot study.

Study Design: Qualitative interview-based pilot study.

Objectives: A traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) profoundly disrupts the way individuals experience their body. Awareness of one's body is an important element in the psychological adjustment process after TSCI.

Quality of life in and after spinal cord injury rehabilitation: a longitudinal multicenter study.

Purpose: To investigate the changes in quality of life (QOL) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and their close persons during the first 2 years post injury.

Method: Longitudinal multiple sample multiple wave panel design. Data included 292 patients recruited from Austrian British German Irish and Swiss specialist SCI rehabilitation centers and 55 of their close persons.

Perceptions of gain following spinal cord injury: a qualitative analysis.

Background: Significant research has focused on psychological difficulties following spinal cord injury (SCI), and there is a small prevalence of individuals who experience distress after injury. However, the converse is that many adjust well to injury and rate their quality of life highly. Despite this, there has been a comparative dearth of research investigating positive psychological outcomes after SCI, perceived by individuals living with this disability.

Trajectories of resilience, depression, and anxiety following spinal cord injury.

Purpose/objective: To investigate longitudinal trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms following spinal cord injury (SCI) as well as the predictors of those trajectories.

Research Method/design: A longitudinal study of 233 participants assessed at 4 time points: within 6 weeks, 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years from the point of injury. Data were analyzed using latent growth mixture modeling to determine the best-fitting model of depression and anxiety trajectories.

Self-efficacy and self-esteem as predictors of participation in spinal cord injury--an ICF-based study.

Study Design: A multi-centre cross-sectional study.

Objective: To examine the relationship of self-efficacy and self-esteem with participation of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) from a comprehensive bio-psycho-social perspective, based on the conceptual framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Setting: Community-dwelling participants, <5 years post discharge, recruited through three SCI rehabilitation centers in Switzerland.

Appraisals, coping and adjustment pre and post SCI rehabilitation: a 2-year follow-up study.

Study Design: Longitudinal, multi-wave panel design.

Objectives: To explore the changes in and the relationships between appraisals and coping with mood, functioning and quality-of-life (QOL) pre- and post-rehabilitation for acute spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: The data collected was part of an ongoing study from specialist units in selected British, Swiss, German and Irish SCI centres.

Psychological contributions to functional independence: a longitudinal investigation of spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Objectives: To investigate the contribution of prerehabilitation appraisals of spinal cord injury (SCI) and patient's coping strategies to the variance in functional independence postdischarge.

Design: Longitudinal, cohort study. Patients aged 16 and older and sustaining an SCI were recruited from English- and German-speaking specialist spinal injuries centers.

Cognitive appraisals, coping and quality of life outcomes: a multi-centre study of spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Study Design: Longitudinal, multiple wave panel design.

Objectives: To investigate the degree to which current thinking in terms of early appraisals and coping predicts adjustment and quality of life outcomes after spinal cord injury, and to what degree social and demographic variables are involved.

Setting: Data were analysed from 266 patients recruited as part of an ongoing study from specialist units in selected British, Swiss, German and Irish spinal centres.

Sense of coherence and psychological outcomes in people with spinal cord injury: appraisals and behavioural responses.

Study Design: Longitudinal, multi-wave design.

Objectives: To investigate the contribution of sense of coherence (SOC), appraisals, and behavioural responses when predicting psychological outcomes to spinal cord injury (SCI).

Method: Patients (N=237) sustaining a SCI aged 17 or above were recruited from specialist spinal injuries centres across six European countries.

Condition-related coping strategies in persons with spinal cord lesion: a cross-national validation of the Spinal Cord Lesion-related Coping Strategies Questionnaire in four community samples.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire.

Objectives: Coping strategies employed to manage the consequences of a spinal cord lesion (SCL) have been found to be distinctly related to emotional well-being. However, research and clinical implications have been hampered by the lack of cross-validated measures that are directly related to the lesion and its consequences.

Quality of life, social participation, appraisals and coping post spinal cord injury: a review of four community samples.

Study Design: Cross-sectional or psychotherapy, questionnaire.

Objectives: To examine the community needs of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) across four European countries and to identify areas of unmet needs. It is intended that this information will be of use to rehabilitation professionals in fostering greater social participation among SCI individuals.

Post traumatic distress symptoms following spinal cord injury: a comparative review of European samples.

Objective: To highlight any cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of post traumatic distress (PTD), and the type of coping strategies implemented following spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Cross-sectional questionnaire.

Setting: A spinal cord rehabilitation unit in the UK, and six Swiss and German (CH/DE) spinal injury centres.