Quality of Life in Adult Neurological Patients

April 6, 2012 updated by: Denise Midori Yoshihara, Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente

The Influence of Rehabilitation on Quality of Life in Adult Patients With Neurological Disorders

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the influence of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program in the improvement of the health-related quality of life among adult neurological patients and to identify the sociodemographic and clinical associated characteristics. Subjects with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and poliomyelitis survivors participated in the study. All participants underwent a rehabilitation program (RP) from January 2008 through July 2010, which consists of 40-minutes of many therapies for 1-2 days a week. The WHOQOL-BREF was applied at the initial and discharge assessments.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years to 74 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • diagnosed with spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury and poliomyelitis survivors
  • at least 18 years old
  • consented to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • cognitive problems to understand and to respond the assessment instrument, according to medical files description and interviewer previous judgment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: rehabilitation program
Rehabilitation program from January 2008 through July 2010, which consists of 40-minutes of many therapies for 1-2 days a week
Other: Physical therapy, occupational therapy, psycotherapy, medical consultations
The mean duration of the RP was 7.47 ± 4.45 months, but it was not standardized because this factor was not one of the parameters of interest for this study

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
WHOQOL-BREF
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of rehabilitation program, an expected average of 7 months
The brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) is a sound, cross-culturally valid assessment of health-related quality of life in adults populations. Its assessment shows good to excellent internal consistency, test-retest reliability, discriminant validity, content validity, and construct validity in the healthy population and in different patient groups.
participants will be followed for the duration of rehabilitation program, an expected average of 7 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 13, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 6, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

April 10, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 10, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 6, 2012

Last Verified

April 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Yoshihara_AACD2011

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