Quality of Life in Adult Neurological Patients

Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01573936
• Other study ID #: Yoshihara_AACD2011
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 13, 2012
• Last updated: April 6, 2012
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2012
• Source: Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: September 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 19 Years to 74 Years

Eligibility

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 Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Brain Injuries
• Poliomyelitis
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injury

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	WHOQOL-BREF	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	No