NCT01573936

Quality of Life in Adult Neurological Patients

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Associação de Assistência a Criança Deficiente · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 74 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injury
• Acquired Brain Injury
• Poliomyelitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-09-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2012-04-10
• Last updated: 2012-04-10