@article{ref1,
title="Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: evaluation of international recommendations in the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2016",
author="Hinrichs, Timo and Prodinger, Birgit and Brinkhof, Martin W. G. and Gemperli, Armin",
volume="48",
number="2",
pages="141-148",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To test subgroups of a community-based sample of individuals with spinal cord injury, categorized by the application of current recommendations by the International Spinal Cord Society. <br><br>DESIGN: Community survey. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury residing in Switzerland. <br><br>METHODS: Recommended subgroups of age, gender, years since injury, severity of injury and aetiology were tested against the following criteria: (i) distribution of participants across categories; (ii) within- and between-group variability with regard to selected outcomes of functioning and quality of life. <br><br>RESULTS: Data-sets for 1,549 participants (28.5% women; mean age 52 ± 15 years) were available for analyses. There was a number of participants in every subgroup, yet numbers were relatively small in the group with the shortest time since injury (< 1 year; n = 23) and in the oldest age group (≥ 76; n = 94). A high variability in some outcomes was detected between categories. All variables were predictive for most of the endpoints investigated. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Recommended categorization could well fit the present sample. A minor concern was the low numbers of participants in some subgroups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-2029",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2029"
}