Division of Neurosurgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Center, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2019 Dec 18;45(4):547-553. doi: 10.3233/NRE-192916.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a permanent disability which negatively affects individuals' health and particularly their quality of life.
To assess the quality of life (QoL) among Lebanese men with spinal cord injury and to compare it to a healthy control group.
A case control study was conducted. Fifty-one Lebanese patients with spinal cord injury and 51 age- sex-matched healthy persons were included in the study.
Compared to healthy controls, the mean scores of eight domains of SF-36 were significantly lower in SCI group: physical functioning (PF) (26.5 vs 87; p value <0.0001), role limitations due to physical (RP) (57.8 vs 93.6; p value <0.0001), bodily pain (BP) (60.5 vs 90.7; p value, 0.0001), general health (GH) (49.5 vs 76.6; p value <0.0001), vitality (VT) (51.2 vs 71.3; p value <0.0001), social functioning (SF) (68.9 vs 91.2; p value <0.0001), role limitations due to emotional problems (RE) (71.2 vs 91.5; p value 0.003) and mental health (MH) (62.9 vs 79; p value <0.0001). Concerning PCS and MCS scores, SCI patients reported significantly lower scores than control group (p value <0.0001).
Participants with SCI reported reduced QoL in comparison with normal individuals.
脊髓损伤（SCI）是一种会对个人健康，尤其是生活质量造成负面影响的永久性残疾。
评估黎巴嫩脊髓损伤男性的生活质量（QoL），并将其与健康对照组进行比较。
进行了一项病例对照研究。共纳入 51 例黎巴嫩脊髓损伤患者和 51 名年龄、性别匹配的健康人。
与健康对照组相比，SCI 组 SF-36 的八个领域的平均得分显著更低：生理功能（PF）（26.5 分对 87 分；p 值<0.0001），生理职能受限（RP）（57.8 分对 93.6 分；p 值<0.0001），躯体疼痛（BP）（60.5 分对 90.7 分；p 值<0.0001），一般健康状况（GH）（49.5 分对 76.6 分；p 值<0.0001），活力（VT）（51.2 分对 71.3 分；p 值<0.0001），社会功能（SF）（68.9 分对 91.2 分；p 值<0.0001），情感职能受限（RE）（71.2 分对 91.5 分；p 值=0.003）和心理健康（MH）（62.9 分对 79 分；p 值<0.0001）。关于 PCS 和 MCS 评分，SCI 患者报告的评分明显低于对照组（p 值<0.0001）。
与正常人相比，SCI 患者的生活质量较低。
