The QLI version SCI-III is a valid and reliable instrument for the Portuguese language, providing a foundation for the understanding of health based on the satisfaction and importance of factors that influence the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury. It aims to validate the Brazilian version of the QLI version SCI-III, to verify the psychometric properties, to associate the index scores with the s...
Objective: To evaluate the odds ratio of risk factors of sociodemographic and functional capacity of adults with spinal cord injury. Methods: Analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study accom- plished with a group of 47 people with spinal cord injury in hospitals and 27 in the household. The data were collected through a structured instrument composed of independent variables related to epidemiological and ...
This is an inquiry that seeks to understand the meaning of experiencing a spinal cord injury for hos- pitalized Brazilian and Portuguese patients. A quail- tative study was achieved in two care services to spi- nal cord injury in Fortaleza-Brazil and Lisboa-Por- tugal. The subjects were 30 patients with complete spinal cord injury. The findings were obtained th- rough a semi-structured interview, which took pla...
From the need for a specific instrument to evaluate the quality of life of people with spinal cord injury in the Brazilian language, this study was conducted and had the following objectives: to translate and culturally adapt to Portuguese Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index Spinal Cord Injury Version – III and characterise the sample in terms of sociodemographic and clinical aspects. Methodological proced...