A Prospective Study of Factors Influencing Return to Work After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Taiwan

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1716-1722

  Lin, Mau Roung ^a   Hwang, Hei Fen ^b   Yu, Wen Yu ^c   Chen, Chih Yi ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Employment; Rehabilitation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOB FINDING; LENGTH OF STAY; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TAIWAN; TECHNICAL AID; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TAIWAN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 70350505825     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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