@article{ref1,
title="Predicting community reintegration after spinal cord injury from demographic and injury characteristics",
journal="Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="1999",
author="Whiteneck, Gale Gibson and Tate, D. and Charlifue, S.",
volume="80",
number="11",
pages="1485-1491",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of demographic and injury characteristics on the community reintegration of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). DESIGN: Prospective cross-sectional and longitudinal examination of individuals with SCI. SETTING: Follow-up of individuals at 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years after SCI who received their initial rehabilitation in a Regional Model Spinal Cord Injury System. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 3,835 individuals who met the inclusion criteria for the National SCI Database were studied cross-sectionally, and a subset of 347 individuals who were also enrolled in a longitudinal study of aging with SCI. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Subscales of the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART). RESULTS: Neurologic classification, age, years postinjury, gender, ethnicity, and education explain 29% of the variance in physical independence, 29% of the variance in mobility, 28% of the variance in occupation. 9% of the variance in social integration, and 18% of the variance in economic self-sufficiency. CONCLUSIONS: Although these factors are inadequate to explain most of the variation in community reintegration (handicap) after SCI, they might appropriately be used to adjust for case-mix differences when comparing rehabilitation facilities and techniques.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9993",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}