Quality of life in adults with spinal cord injury living in the community

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-370

  Migliorini, C E ^a   New, P W ^a,b   Tonge, B J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAULFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

comparative study; non traumatic spinal cord injury; quality of life; spinal cord diseases; spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPREHENSIVE QOL SCALE FOR ADULTS; EMOTIONAL WELL BEING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONTRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION COPING STRATEGIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79952444476     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.102     Document Type: Article

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