Andresen EM. Criteria for assessing the tools of disability outcomes research. Arch Phys
Med Rehabil 2000; 81 Suppl 2: S15-S20. To recommend instrument assessment criteria …

Andresen EM, Meyers AR. Health-related quality of life outcomes measures. Arch Phys Med
Rehabil 2000; 81 Suppl 2: S30-S45. Objective: To review critically the features of measures …

Abstract Context/Objective The Spinal Cord Injury–Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) measurement
system was developed to address the shortage of relevant and psychometrically sound …

Cella D, Nowinski CJ. Measuring quality of life in chronic illness: the Functional Assessment
of Chronic Illness Therapy measurement system. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 83 Suppl 2 …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the occurrence and risk factors for complications following spinal
cord injury during and after inpatient rehabilitation. DESIGN: Multicentre longitudinal study …

Quality of life (QOL) is an often-used but it remains an ill-understood concept in medicine.
Literature suggests 3 important approaches to operationalize and measure QOL: Health …

Objective: The overlap of somatic-depressive symptoms and physical sequelae of spinal
cord injury (SCI) has raised concerns regarding the validity of depression screens used …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) and spinal cord tumor are devastating events causing structural and
functional impairment of the spinal cord and resulting in high morbidity and mortality; these …

Objective: The objective of this paper is to outline the proposed development process for the
ICF Core Sets for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and to invite clinical and consumer experts to …

Addressing quality of life (QOL) issues in the spinal cord injured (SCI) population is
imperative as the majority survive their initial injury and longevity now approaches that of the …