| Comparison of able-bodied and spinal cord injured individuals' appraisals of disability. | |
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PMID: 23295474 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Study design:Survey.Objectives:Compare views of disability in able-bodied and spinal cord-injured individuals.Setting:United States.Methods:A group of able-bodied individuals were asked to imagine that they had sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI), then complete the Appraisals of DisAbility: Primary and Secondary Scale (ADAPSS) as if they were injured. The mean scores of able-bodied individuals on each of the six Subscales was compared with the mean scores of real spinal cord-injured individuals using t-tests of independent means.Results:Responses of able-bodied individuals was significantly different from real SCI individuals on five of the six Subscales of the ADAPSS.Conclusion:Able-bodied individuals' appraisals of disability after imagined SCI are much more negative than the actual appraisals of disability in real spinal cord-injured individuals.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 8 January 2013; doi:10.1038/sc.2012.169. |
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J Morris; A Swier-Vosnos; J Dusold; C Woodworth |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-08 |
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Title: Spinal cord Volume: - ISSN: 1476-5624 ISO Abbreviation: Spinal Cord Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609749 Medline TA: Spinal Cord Country: - |
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Roosevelt University, Department of Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA. |
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