Ide M, Fugl-Meyer A R
Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Iseigaoka 1-1, Yahatanishi ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan.
Spinal Cord. 2001 Jul;39(7):387-93. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101171.
A cross-sectional and comparative investigation using the unified questionnaire.
To investigate the cultural (East Asian versus North European) differences in life satisfaction between long-term survivors of spinal cord injuries (SCI).
Uppsala county in Sweden and Fukuoka prefecture in Japan.
A questionnaire dealing with life satisfaction was prepared by the authors. It focused mainly on sexual life and accompanied a self-rating Barthel Index Score. The questionnaire was mailed to male SCI persons in the two communities, Uppsala county (Sweden) and Fukuoka prefecture (Japan). Forty (77%) Swedish and 85 (71%) Japanese SCI replied.
(1) Swedish SCI appeared to be more satisfied than Japanese SCI in general health, economy, social activity, social service, family life and sexual life. (2) Several life domains indicated significant difference in life satisfaction between with- and without-partner group in Japanese SCI. No life domains indicated significant difference in Swedish SCI. (3) No statistically significant difference was indicated in all of life domains between the degree of life satisfaction and interval since spinal cord damage.
The more expanded cross-cultural study is expected to be helpful for discussing the QOL of SCI.
采用统一问卷进行横断面比较调查。
调查脊髓损伤（SCI）长期幸存者生活满意度的文化差异（东亚与北欧）。
瑞典乌普萨拉县和日本福冈县。
作者编制了一份关于生活满意度的问卷。它主要关注性生活，并附带巴氏指数自评得分。问卷被邮寄给瑞典乌普萨拉县和日本福冈县这两个社区的男性SCI患者。40名（77%）瑞典SCI患者和85名（71%）日本SCI患者回复。
（1）瑞典SCI患者在总体健康、经济、社会活动、社会服务、家庭生活和性生活方面似乎比日本SCI患者更满意。（2）在日本SCI患者中，几个生活领域显示有伴侣组和无伴侣组在生活满意度上存在显著差异。在瑞典SCI患者中，没有生活领域显示出显著差异。（3）在所有生活领域，生活满意度程度与脊髓损伤后的时间间隔之间没有统计学上的显著差异。
更广泛的跨文化研究有望有助于讨论SCI患者的生活质量。
