User satisfaction, community participation and quality of life among Chinese wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A preliminary study

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 123-143

  Chan, Sam C ^a   Chan, Alice P ^a  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Quality of life; Spinal cord injury; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 34548416233     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.228     Document Type: Article

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