Impact of work and environmental factors on quality of life in community-dwelling spinal cord injury individuals in South Korea using latent profile analysis.
Bum-Suk Lee, Boram Lee, Jincheol Lim and 1 others
PMID 40833072WHAT IT FOUND
Spinal cord injury patients with fewer bowel and spasticity problems, who worked, and who faced less stigma and financial strain were more likely to report high quality of life.
Physical accessibility barriers did not significantly affect these outcomes in this Korean sample.
Key findings
01Patients with fewer bowel dysfunction and muscle spasticity problems were more likely to belong to the high quality of life group.
02Receiving vocational rehabilitation services and having paid work were associated with a higher likelihood of belonging to the high quality of life group.
03Negative social attitudes and problematic financial status were associated with a lower likelihood of belonging to the high quality of life group.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study relied on self-reported questionnaires, which led to missing data and a reduction from 892 to 711 participants in the final analysis. Data came from only two centers, which may restrict the representativeness of the sample. The cross-sectional nature prevents determining causality between the identified factors and quality of life.
Declared interests
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that improving physical accessibility or transport will directly raise quality of life in this population. The study found no significant association between these environmental factors and quality of life profile membership, unlike bowel health, employment, and social/financial attitudes.