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, 2013 • September 1, 2013
This study investigated the independent associations of pain and fatigue with depressive symptoms and physical functioning among persons with SCI. Regression analyses revealed an association of more d...
KEY FINDING: Pain and fatigue were independently associated with depression, meaning that each symptom contributes to depressive feelings on its own.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013 • September 20, 2013
This study examined the impact of MTBI on cognitive function in individuals with SCI. Participants were tested between 26 and 76 days post-injury. The study found no significant difference in neuropsy...
KEY FINDING: Persons who sustained traumatic SCI and co-occurring MTBI did not evidence significantly greater impairment on neuropsychological tests when compared with persons who sustained a traumatic SCI alone.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2013 • January 1, 2013
This study explored the associations between pain coping strategies and cognitions on the one hand and pain intensity and pain-related disability on the other hand, all measured in the context of a mu...
KEY FINDING: Participants showed more favorable scores on pain coping scales (Pain Transformation and Worrying) and pain cognition scales (Catastrophizing, Optimism, and Reliance on Health Care) after the CBT intervention.
Rehabil Psychol, 2014 • February 1, 2014
The study investigated the relationship between changes in disability, independence centrality, and depressive symptoms in SCI survivors. It found that increased disability was associated with increas...
KEY FINDING: Increased disability was related to increased depressive symptoms, particularly in the control group.
Spinal Cord, 2014 • April 1, 2014
This study investigated the relationship between mobility aid usage, pain, fatigue, and depressive symptoms in ambulatory individuals with SCI. The findings suggest that pain intensity and fatigue are...
KEY FINDING: Using people as a mobility aid was associated with increased odds of depressive symptomatology.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The study aimed to examine depression and its treatment in women with SCI, addressing a gap in research that predominantly focuses on male populations. The findings revealed a high prevalence of depre...
KEY FINDING: A significant portion (41%) of the women with SCI showed depressive symptoms ranging from mild to severe, based on the Beck Depression Inventory–II (BDI-II).
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2014 • January 1, 2014
The study examined the independent contributions of pain intensity and pain interference to depression, while accounting for injury and demographic characteristics, antidepressant treatment, and pre-i...
KEY FINDING: Pain interference accounted for 13% to 26% of the variance in depression, while pain intensity accounted for only 0.2% to 1.2%.
Pain Ther, 2013 • October 12, 2013
This study examined the relationship between pain intensity and negative mood states in adults with SCI. The results showed that a significant proportion of participants reported clinically significan...
KEY FINDING: Clinically significant pain intensity was found in 52% of the 107 participants.
Ann Saudi Med, 2014 • May 1, 2014
This study assessed chronic pain and its effects on functional status, depression, and sleep quality in patients with traumatic SCI. It was observed that “Pain Severity” was significantly higher in th...
KEY FINDING: A positive correlation was observed between “Pain Severity” and HAM-D and PSQI.
Rehabil Psychol, 2005 • November 1, 2005
The study aimed to identify homogeneous pain subgroups within a spinal cord injury (SCI) population using cluster analysis based on pain intensity, pain interference, and depression. Multivariate clus...
KEY FINDING: Four distinct SCI pain subgroups were identified: Low Pain, Positive Adaptation to Pain, Minimal Distress, and Chronic Pain Syndrome.