@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of a community reintegration outpatient program service for community-dwelling persons with spinal cord injury",
journal="Rehabilitation research and practice",
year="2014",
author="Zinman, Alana and Digout, Nicole and Bain, Patricia and Haycock, Sylvia and Hébert, Debbie and Hitzig, Sander L.",
volume="2014",
number="",
pages="e989025-e989025",
abstract="OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the effectiveness of a community reintegration outpatient (CROP) service for promoting well-being and community participation following spinal cord injury (SCI). Participants. Community-dwelling adults (N = 14) with traumatic and nontraumatic SCI. Interventions. The CROP service is a 12-week (1 × week; 120 minutes) interprofessional closed therapeutic education service. Main Outcome Measure(s). Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale (MSES); Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA); Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS); Coping Inventory of Stressful Situations (CISS); World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF); semistructured qualitative interviews. <br><br>METHODS. Twenty-one participants were recruited from two subsequent CROP services, with only 14 persons completing all data assessments. Data were collected at baseline (week 0), at exit (week 12), and at a three-month follow-up. Semistructured interviews were conducted at exit. <br><br>RESULTS. Self-efficacy (MSES) and positive affect (PANAS) improved from baseline to exit (P <.05), but the changes were not maintained at follow-up. Qualitative analysis identified four major themes related to therapeutic benefits: (1) role of self; (2) knowledge acquisition; (3) skill application; and (4) group processes. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. Participation in a therapeutic education service has the potential to improve well-being in persons with SCI, but there is a need to identify strategies to maintain long-term gains.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-2867",
doi="10.1155/2014/989025",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/989025"
}