Factor structure models for the Post-Concussion Syndrome Scale with monolingual Spanish-speaking adults from Colombia.

Primary Objective: The Post-Concussion Syndrome Scale (PCSS) is a self-report questionnaire that measures post-concussive symptom severity and has been primarily normed on young Caucasian samples. This study aims to explore the factor structure models of a Spanish translation of the PCSS at a chronic post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) time point.

Research Design: Descriptive and exploratory research designs were utilized.

Multiple mediation path model of pain's cascading influence on physical disability in individuals with SCI from Colombia, South America.

Background: Research has begun to document the bivariate connections between pain in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and various aspects of health related quality of life (HRQOL), such as fatigue, social functioning, mental health, and physical functioning.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to construct and test a theoretical path model illuminating the stage-wise and sequential (cascading) HRQOL pathways through which pain increases physical disability in individuals with SCI in a sample from Colombia, South America. It was hypothesized that increased pain would lead to decreased energy, which would lead to decreased mental health and social functioning, which both would lead to emotional role limitations, which finally would lead to physical role limitations.

Pediatric SCI/D caregiver mental health and family dynamics in Colombia, South America.

Objective: This study examined the connections between family dynamics and the mental health of caregivers of youth with spinal cord injuries/disorders (SCI/D) caregivers from Colombia, South America. It was hypothesized that lower family functioning would be associated with poorer caregiver mental health.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of self-report data collected from caregivers through the Hospital Universatario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo in Neiva, Colombia.

Sexual Functioning, Desire, and Satisfaction in Women with TBI and Healthy Controls.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can substantially alter many areas of a person's life and there has been little research published regarding sexual functioning in women with TBI. Methods. A total of 58 women (29 with TBI and 29 healthy controls) from Neiva, Colombia, participated.

Mind and body: Mental health and health related quality of life in SCI caregivers from Neiva, Colombia.

Background: Despite the body of research on caregivers of individuals with various types of disabilities, SCI caregivers have received comparably less attention, especially in regions like Latin America.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between HRQOL and mental health in SCI caregivers from Colombia.

Method: A cross sectional study assessed SCI caregivers (n = 40) in Neiva, Colombia.

Health related quality of life and mental health in children with SCI/D from Neiva, Colombia.

Objective: To date, no research has been published on the health related quality of life (HRQOL) and mental health of children with spinal cord injury and disorders (SCI/D) in Latin America, although limited previous research in Western countries has demonstrated the debilitating and chronic nature of these conditions in children. The aim was to examine the connections between HRQOL and mental health in children with SCI/D from Neiva, Colombia.

Study Design: Thirty children (8- 17 years) were recruited from the Hospital Universatario Hernando Mocaleano Perdomo in Neiva, Colombia.

With a little help from my friends: social support and mental health in SCI caregivers from Neiva, Colombia.

Background/objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of appraisal, belonging, and tangible social support on the mental health (depression, satisfaction with life, anxiety, and burden) of Colombian spinal cord injury (SCI) caregivers.

Methods: Forty SCI caregivers from Neiva, Colombia completed questionnaires assessing their perceived social support and mental health.

Results: Four multiple regressions found that the three social support variables explained 42.

Comparison of mental health between individuals with spinal cord injury and able-bodied controls in Neiva, Colombia.

Although research has investigated the mental health of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), an overwhelming majority of this research has been conducted in the United States, Western Europe, and other developed countries. The purpose of this study was to compare the mental health of individuals with SCI with able-bodied controls in Neiva, Colombia, South America. Subjects included 40 Colombians with SCI and 42 age- and sex-matched controls (N = 82).

Health-related quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury in Colombia, South America.

Objective: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Neiva, Colombia.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Participants/methods: 40 Colombians with SCI and 42 age- and gender-matched controls completed the SF-36, a self-report measure composed of eight component areas (physical health problems, role limitations due to personal or emotional problems, emotional well-being, social functioning, energy/fatigue, and general health perceptions).