@article{ref1,
title="Trajectories of life satisfaction following spinal cord injury",
journal="Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="2016",
author="Pretz, Christopher R. and Kozlowski, Allan J. and Chen, Yuying and Charlifue, Susan and Heinemann, Allen W.",
volume="97",
number="10",
pages="1706-1713.e1",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe individual level temporal change in life satisfaction following spinal cord injury. <br><br>DESIGN: Individual growth curve (IGC) analysis of prospectively collected data from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) National Spinal Cord Injury Database (NSCID). SETTING: Multi-center longitudinal database study. PARTICIPANTS: Participants in the NSCID. INTERVENTIONS: N/A MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Rasch transformed Satisfaction with Life Scale scores. <br><br>RESULTS: Individual level trajectories reflecting life satisfaction vary extensively and are associated with demographic and injury-related characteristics. Demographic characteristics include race, gender, pre-employment and discharge marital status, and level of education; injury-related factors include days in rehabilitation, neurological level, age at injury, and injury etiology. <br><br>RESULTS are displayed graphically by way of a computer generated interactive tool and represent different trajectories of individual level changes in life satisfaction. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Individual growth curve methodology allows researchers and clinicians to anticipate patient-specific trajectories through use of an automated interactive tool. Projected trajectories hold promise in facilitating planning for inpatient and outpatient services, which could enhance long term outcomes.<br><br>Copyright © 2015 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9993",
doi="10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2016.04.022"
}