Pinkerton A C, Griffin M L
Paraplegia. 1983 Jun;21(3):166-75. doi: 10.1038/sc.1983.27.
A follow-up study was carried out on patients with spinal cord injury discharged from the G. F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada over a five year period with a minimum time from discharge to follow up of 18 months. Those no longer residing in the province, under the age of sixteen years on discharge, or who had made a substantial recovery were eliminated from the study. All of the patients included required a wheelchair or other aids for ambulation and had loss of normal bowel and bladder control. Twenty-four patients out of 37 who met the criteria were interviewed and details of medical, social, vocational and psychological outcomes are presented. In addition there were four deaths, the causes of which are discussed. Interesting comparisons between tetraplegic and paraplegic patients are given. Some differences between the findings in female and male patients are included.
对从加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华市G.F. 斯特朗康复中心出院的脊髓损伤患者进行了一项为期五年的随访研究，从出院到随访的最短时间为18个月。不再居住在该省、出院时未满16岁或已取得实质性康复的患者被排除在研究之外。所有纳入研究的患者行走都需要轮椅或其他辅助工具，且肠道和膀胱失去正常控制能力。在符合标准的37名患者中，对24名患者进行了访谈，并呈现了医疗、社会、职业和心理方面的详细结果。此外，有4人死亡，并对其死因进行了讨论。还给出了四肢瘫痪和截瘫患者之间有趣的对比情况。也纳入了女性和男性患者研究结果的一些差异。
