Quality of life of primary caregivers of spinal cord injury survivors living in the community: controlled study with short form-36 questionnaire

Unalan H., Gencosmanoglu B., Akgun K., Karamehmetoglu S., Tuna H., Ones K., ...More

SPINAL CORD, vol.39, no.6, pp.318-322, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101163
  • Journal Name: SPINAL CORD
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.318-322
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: To compare the quality of life scores of primary caregivers of spinal cord injury survivors living in the community with healthy age matched-population based controls and to determine the relationship between some severity parameters related with spinal cord injury and the quality of life scores of primary caregivers.