Browse the latest research summaries in the field of mental health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2020 • September 1, 2020
This study examined the impact of spinal cord injury (SCI) lesion level on cognitive performance, comparing individuals with tetraplegia and paraplegia to healthy controls. Results indicated distinct ...
KEY FINDING: Individuals with paraplegia showed significantly lower performance on new learning and memory tests compared to healthy controls.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021 • January 1, 2021
This study examined the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) and postpartum anxiety (PPA) in women with spinal cord injury (SCI). The research involved a retrospective, cross-sectional study desi...
KEY FINDING: PPD and PPA were most prevalent in women with cervical SCI, followed by upper thoracic SCI, and then lower SCI.
PLoS ONE, 2020 • May 20, 2020
The study investigated the impact of disproportionate positive feedback (PF) versus negative feedback (NF) on performance and agency in a virtual reality reaching task. The findings revealed that trai...
KEY FINDING: Positive feedback significantly increased agency compared to negative feedback.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • November 1, 2016
The study investigated the prevalence of depression, fatigue, and sleep disturbances in myelopathy patients and their correlation with neurological and functional recovery during inpatient rehabilitat...
KEY FINDING: A significant percentage of patients with myelopathy experienced depression (42%), fatigue (33%), and sleep disturbances (58%) upon admission.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • January 1, 2015
This study examined the psychometric properties of the CIQ in a large sample of individuals with SCI. The study aimed to determine the reliability and validity of the CIQ for assessing community integ...
KEY FINDING: The factor structure of the CIQ was not stable over time, suggesting that the way the CIQ measures community integration may change over time.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2017 • May 1, 2017
The study explored the relationship between pain and mood during spinal cord injury rehabilitation, finding significant correlations between the two. Improvements in pain were associated with improvem...
KEY FINDING: Significant improvements were observed in both pain and mood from the initial assessment (NAC1) to the pre-discharge assessment (NAC2).
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2016 • January 1, 2016
The study aimed to identify changes in psychosocial factors, relationships between these factors, and significant predictors of resilience in adults with SCI during inpatient rehabilitation and at 3-m...
KEY FINDING: Resilience appears to be stable from inpatient to 3-month follow-up.
Clin J Pain, 2015 • October 1, 2015
This study investigates the relationship between anterior brain asymmetry (FAA) and future pain-related catastrophizing in individuals with spinal cord injury. The AAE model suggests that greater left...
KEY FINDING: Anterior asymmetry scores reflecting greater left than right anterior activity were negatively associated with subsequent catastrophizing.
BMJ Open, 2016 • September 1, 2016
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated and compared the psychological impact of physical injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes. The meta-analysis methodology was rigorously applied, ...
KEY FINDING: Elevated psychological distress is associated with MVC-related injuries, with a large effect size in WAD, medium to large in SCI, and small to medium in mTBI.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • January 1, 2015
This systematic review evaluated the observational data for 3,172 adults with an acquired SCI to identify the strongest psychosocial correlates of depression post injury. The present findings support ...
KEY FINDING: Individual personal variables including affective feelings, and thoughts and beliefs specific to SCI demonstrated the strongest relationship with depression self-ratings.