Resilience as a Possible Predictor for Psychological Distress in Chronic Spinal Cord Injured Patients Living in the Community

This study explores the connection between resilience and mental health in individuals with long-term spinal cord injuries (SCI) living at home. It aims to see if being resilient helps protect against psychological distress. Researchers looked at factors like resilience, quality of life, and employment to see how they relate to the level of psychological distress in SCI patients. The study suggests that resilience, along with a good quality of life, might help predict how well someone with a chronic SCI copes with psychological distress.

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  Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) was found to have a greater impact on psychological distress levels compared to resilience (CD-RISC).
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  Employment status was significantly different between the two groups, with employed patients showing lower distress levels.
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  Resilience (CD-RISC) and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) scores were significantly different between the high and low psychological distress groups.