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Author:

WEITZENKAMP D.A.; GERHART K.A.; CHARLIFUE S.W.; WHITENECK G.G.; GLASS C.A.; KENNEDY P.;

Title:

Ranking the criteria for assessing quality of life after disability: evidence for priority shifting among long-term spinal cord injury survivors.

Reference:

British Journal of Health Psychology5(1), February 2000, pp.57-69.

Abstract:

Reports on research to identify the criteria spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors use in assessing their quality of life and to examine the concept of priority shifting following SCI. Main outcome measurements used were Flanagan's Quality of Life and Individual Needs Questionnaire, which ranks 15 life priorities in terms of importance and how well personal needs are met in each area. Results found SCI men differed from non-disabled people in how they ranked the determinants of their quality of life. Unlike non-disabled people, for the SCI men neither health nor work were highly correlated to their perceived quality of life. Concludes that SCI men do change the criteria they use in assessing their quality of life and may in fact devalue less attainable goals while increasing the importance of areas in which they might be successful.

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Format:

article;

Topics:

assessment; chronic illness; men; physical disabilities; psychology; quality of life;

Content Type:

research;

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