The association of race, cultural factors, and health-related quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-448

  Myaskovsky, Larissa ^a,b   Burkitt, Kelly H ^a   Lichy, Alison M ^c   Ljungberg, Inger H ^c   Fyffe, Denise C ^d   Ozawa, Haishin ^b   Switzer, Galen E ^a,b   Fine, Michael J ^a,b   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Minority health; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTEGRATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEELCHAIR;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79952063375     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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