Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1482-1491 , August 2008

A Prospective Study of Health and Risk of Mortality After Spinal Cord Injury

  • James S. Krause, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to James S. Krause, PhD, Dept of Rehabilitation Science, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, 77 President St, Ste 117, PO Box 250700, Charleston, SC 29425
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  • Rickey E. Carter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
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  • E. Elisabeth Pickelsimer, DA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
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  • Dulaney Wilson, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

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    Estimated survival curves for the 5 functional injury classifications at the mean level of all other variables included in the final model.

    Estimated survival curves for the 5 functional injury classifications at the mean level of all other variables included in the final model.

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    Estimated survival curves for persons free of health complications (Good Health) relative to persons with numerous complications (Poor Health). Good health was defined as nondepressed, 0 days hospital

    Estimated survival curves for persons free of health complications (Good Health) relative to persons with numerous complications (Poor Health). Good health was defined as nondepressed, 0 days hospitalized over the past year, free of symptoms of infections, no broken bones or amputations, and no surgical repairs of ulcers. Poor health was defined as probable major depression, with 13.1+1 SD days hospitalized, 20.0+1 SD occurrences of infectionlike symptoms, a broken bone or amputation, and 2.1+1 SD surgeries to repair pressure ulcers. All other variables included in the model were assumed to be at the mean level.

 Supported by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133G030117), Model Spinal Cord Injury Systems (grant no. H133N000005), and the National Institutes of Health (grant no. 1R01 NS 48117-01 A1).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00322-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.062

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1482-1491 , August 2008

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