Objective To understand the role of cultural and psychosocial factors in the outcomes of
veteran wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI) to help clinicians identify unique
factors faced by their patients and help researchers identify target variables for interventions
to reduce disparities in outcomes. Design Cross-sectional cohort study. Setting Three urban
Veterans Affairs medical centers affiliated with academic medical centers. Participants Of the
patients (N= 516) who were eligible to participate, 482 completed the interview and 439 had …